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History of Formula 1 book cover
History of Formula 1 book cover
History of Formula 1 book cover

Book Review: The History of Formula 1

Another nice little F1 history compilation is Igloo Books’ “The History of Formula 1”.  This book is circa 2009 with Jenson’s distinctive Brawn BGP001 on the cover. Inside, there is a good mix of archival race photos in a...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ferrari The Revival book cover
Ferrari The Revival book cover
Ferrari The Revival book cover

Book Review: Ferrari the battle for revival by Alan Henry

With Ferrari’s new management looking to reboot the team for next season and Fernando on the way out, Ferrari’s 2014 season has all the hallmarks of the early to mid 90’s. Alan Henry has written a few books on...
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ferrari Grand Prix cars book cover
Ferrari Grand Prix cars book cover
Ferrari Grand Prix cars book cover

Book Review: Ferrari The Grand Prix Cars by Alan Henry

With Fiat putting the Ferrari F1 team management through the cleaners, it looks like 2014 will mirror some of the lean years Ferrari had in the mid 80’s and early 90’s. The F14T couldn’t be that bad, could it?...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Racers book cover
Racers book cover
Racers book cover

Book Review: Racers – The Inside Story of Williams Grand Prix Engineering by Doug Nye

Holidays are a great time for re-reading old F1 books. For long suffering Williams F1 fans the only way to enjoy success is to re-live the team’s past glory years. By 1982, Williams had made the big time as a front runnin...
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Lauda Years book cover
The Lauda Years book cover
The Lauda Years book cover

Book Review: Four Seasons at Ferrari – The Lauda Years by Alan Henry

Another book on Lauda and Ferrari is Alan Henry’s 2002 title “Four Seasons at Ferrari – The Lauda Years”. You would think based on the book’s title that it would solely be about Niki’s stint ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Chariot Makers book cover
The Chariot Makers book cover
The Chariot Makers book cover

Book Review: The Chariot Makers by Steve Matchett

Half way through the season, the focus is on which teams have made more (or less) progress in the technical development of their cars to extract more performance. It’s clear Mercedes, Lotus and Red Bull have pulled away t...