Author Archive
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Book Review: Conquest of Formula 1 – The inside story of the men who took Honda to victory by Christopher Hilton
As everyone cheers Honda’s decision to return to Formula 1 in 2015, its hard not to get all misty eyed nostalgic about Honda’s heritage and past success in the sport (if only they had stayed on in 2009!). There have...
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Book Review: Remembering Elio by Lorie Coffey
Tomorrow, May 15 will be the anniversary of the passing of the mercurial Italian F1 driver, Elio De Angelis. Remembering Elio by Lorie Coffey is another great book from the consistently excellent motorsport publisher Coterie Pr...
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DVD Review: Grand Prix Heroes – Jody Scheckter by Duke Video
Looking at the many accidents of Romain Grosjean last season and his race ban after Spa, a lot of people labeled him as a dangerous lunatic. Funnily there are early career similarities between Grosjean and 1979 World Champion ...
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Book Review: Wheel to Wheel by Alan Henry
There has been some nice inter-team wheel banging so far this year with Webber-Vettel and Button-Perez. Team rivalry in F1 has always been pumped up by the media and there has been a rich history of drivers arch rivalry in the ...
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Book Review: Renault F1 1977-1997 Beyond the Yellow Teapot by Gareth Rogers
Looking at the drivers and constructors championship ladder, it seems that Renault via Red Bull and Lotus are back to their best. Although Renault have been in and out of F1 as a works team, they have remained a dominant player...
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Book Review: My Greatest Race edited by Adrian Ball
Unless they have achieved rare status, many of the older pre-80s F1 books get overlooked or forgotten in old bookstores or collections. I’ve been re-reading a few from my own collection recently. Published in 1974 for the...
