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Book Review: Memories of Ronnie Peterson by Joakim Thedin and Tomas Hägg
With his maiden win for Lotus (or is that Renault?) in Abu Dhabi, Kimi Räikkönen brings back memories of another former hard charging Scandinavian Lotus driver, Ronnie Peterson. Memories of Ronnie Peterson was put together
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Book Review: Grand Prix Greats by Nigel Roebuck
Another book review dusted off from the vault. A lot of the modern day debate is whether the current grid’s world champions Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton, Button, Räikkönen (BTW, nice comeback win in Abu Dahbi) and Hamilton are wort...
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Book Review: Behind the Scenes in Motor Racing by Anthony Howard
My last post on the Williams FW14 diecast comparison, reminded me of a very nice cut-away drawing in Anthony Howard’s “Behind the Scenes in Motoring Racing”. This old 1992 book is showing its age but is still relevant today. I...
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Book Review: Gilles Fra Mito e Leggenda by Silvio Rossi
Time for a random book review. Like many F1 fans, Gilles Villeneuve was one of my favorite drivers. Some time ago I picked up an Italian book on Gilles, “Gilles Fra Mito e Legenda” (English translation – the myth and legend of ...
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Book Review: Senna’s 50 Poles
Sebastian Vettel’s 34th career pole at Suzuka in such a short space of time reminds me of a lot of the dominance Ayrton Senna had on pole position. Senna and Suzuka were always an awesome combination and it made me to re-read m...
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Book Review: Fangio – A Pirelli Album by Stirling Moss with Doug Nye
Even though Michael Schumacher has clocked up 7 Formula One titles and is still (at least this year) grand prix racing at the youthful age of 43, Juan Manuel Fangio is the real benchmark for mature age drivers. I bought Fangio ...
