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Book Review: My Championship Year by Damon Hill
Despite winning the 1996 F1 world championship in the dominant Newey designed Williams FW18, Damon Hill is often under-rated as one of the better British drivers. Anyone who could drag the ’97 Arrows Yamaha almost to vict...
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Book Review: Stirling Moss – The Authorised Biography by Robert Edwards
Most F1 fans believe that Sir Stirling Moss was probably the best driver not to have won a world championship (personally, I think it was either Ronnie Peterson in ’78 or Gilles in ’79). What is less in dispute is t...
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Best British Grand Prix Heroes?
Given its heritage in the sport, its no surprise that Britain has managed to produce so many excellent grand prix drivers. For UK readers, MoneySupermaket.com has just run a poll to see which drivers are considered the best Bri...
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Book Review: Nigel Mansell – A photographic portrait by Mike Doodson
First up in the next series of book reviews on British drivers is “Nigel Mansell: A photographic portrait” by Mike Doodson. Mansell is without doubt, one of the best British F1 drivers ever produced with dual F1 wor...
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Book Review: The Battle for the British Grand Prix by Alan Henry
As we approach Silverstone for the British GP, the next few review posts will have a heavy British flavor. First up is Alan Henry’s 2010 book, The Battle for the British Grand Prix : The Inside Story for the fight to save...
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Villeneuve – My First Season in Formula 1 by Jacques Villeneuve with Gerald Donaldson
Following on from my last review post on Autocourse’s Gilles Villeneuve, next up is Jacques Villeneuve’s My First Season in Formula 1 (with help from Gerald Donaldson) that reflects on Villeneuve Jnr’s maiden ...
