Author Archive
Book
Rare Book Review: Grand Prix Driver by Hermann Lang
After watching the recent German and Austrian grand prix on TV, I was motivated to dig up a German related book to review for a feature post. I was tempted to do Chris Nixon’s “Kings of the Nurburgring” but si...
Book
Book Review: Life in the fast lane by Alain Prost
Alain Prost appeared several times last month in the news – test driving Red Bull’s RB8 and weighing in on Renault’s engine progress. Although Alain Prost was to later write a more complete autobiography in Vi...
Diecast models
Rare Spark 1:43 models – Pt 2
Last year I posted on rare and hard to find Spark 1:43 models as a companion post to my earlier post on hard to find Minichamps F1 models. I’ve noticed a couple of recent ebay sales that I’m sure shatters previous r...
DVD
DVD Review: Grand Prix
With the passing of actor James Garner over the weekend, it’s hard not to recall the excellent and one of the best ever motor racing movies – John Frankenheimer’s 1966 triple Oscar winning classic “Grand...
Book
Book Review: Mansell and Williams by Nigel Mansell and Derick Allsop
During the British Grand Prix, it was good to see former champ Nigel Mansell as race steward letting Kimi, Fernando and Sebastian do their thing on the track without the stewards intervening and getting over zealous by dishing ...
DVD
DVD Review: British Grand Prix Greats
In the aftermath of the British Grand Prix and Lewis’ victory, I dug up and re-watched an old DVD documentary “British Grand Prix Greats”. Although the DVD case looks very nondescript, the actual content of th...
