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Book Review: Formula 1 in Camera 1970-1979 by Paul Parker and Rainer Schlegelmilch

A few posts ago, I reviewed Paul Parker’s “Formula 1 in Camera 1960-69“. That book was born out of the success of the earlier books in this series on grand prix racing in the 70s and 80s. “Formula 1 in C...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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DVD Review: Victorious Vettel – Official Review of 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship

Out of habit, at the start of every year I pickup a copy of the official FIA season review DVD. Over the last few year years, the review DVD has improved considerably with much more special content and extended race footage. Th...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Thoughts: The 2013 F1 Pre-Season Debate

Time for another 2cents worth of opinions. Looking at the 2013 pre-season headlines, there seems to be a couple of big themes that might shape the course of this season. 1. Financial health of the teams There have been some tro...
 
 
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Book Review: My Championship Year by Jenson Button

With all the pre-season management shuffling inside Mercedes GP and Jenson Button topping the early recent Jerez testing times, I couldn’t help myself from re-reading Jenson Button’s review of his own 2009 world cha...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Book Review: The Science of Formula 1 Design by David Tremayne

Since we’re still in the pre-season testing period, its makes sense to review a book on F1 car design. I have a copy of the 2nd edition of David Tremayne’s “The Science of Formula 1 Design” published in ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rare Book Review: Ayrton Senna’s Principles of Race Driving by Ayrton Senna

There have been a few technical race driving books published by F1 drivers over the years, including Jackie Stewart’s ‘Principles of Performance Driving‘, Alain Prost’s ‘Competition Driving‘ ...