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senna Fiona Beddall book cover
senna Fiona Beddall book cover
senna Fiona Beddall book cover

Book Review: Senna by Fiona Beddall

Another Senna book for junior readers is Scholastic’s and Fiona Beddall’s “Senna”. This book is part of Scholastic’s series in a short form format aimed at the intermediate junior teenage reader level as opposed to the kids sto...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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speed kings john smailes book cover
speed kings john smailes book cover
speed kings john smailes book cover

New Book Review: Speed Kings by John Smailes

I initially picked up a copy of John Smailes’ Speed Kings being keen to read up on the early forays by 1960’s drivers like Sir Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Bruce McLaren, Chris Amon and Denny Hulme to race at the Indian...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Alain Prost Maurice Hamilton book cover
Alain Prost Maurice Hamilton book cover
Alain Prost Maurice Hamilton book cover

Book Review: Alain Prost by Maurice Hamilton

After reading recent interview comments by Alain Prost on Renault’s 2020 season campaign and Fernando’s comeback, it’s hard not to imagine how he might have performed in the Renault RS20. The number of Alain Prost books are rel...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Book
 
Little People Big Dreams Aryton Senna book cover
Little People Big Dreams Aryton Senna book cover
Little People Big Dreams Aryton Senna book cover

Book review: Little People, Big Dreams: Ayrton Senna by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Ayrton Senna had (and still has) such mass appeal including to children – he even created his own childrens’ comic character Senninha (“little Senna”). There have also been several Senna books for junior...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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The Mechanic book cover
The Mechanic book cover
The Mechanic book cover

Book Review: The Mechanic by Marc ‘Elvis’ Priestley

It’s been a long time since I’ve read a F1 book that I couldn’t put down and powered through in less than a weekend. Although it was published in 2018, I only recently managed to pick up a copy of former McLaren mechanic (now F...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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brabham movie dvd
brabham movie dvd
brabham movie dvd

DVD review: Brabham

Having previously read the Tony Davis/Akos Armont Brabham book, I was keen to view the 2019 Brabham documentary film made by Akos Armont hoping it would be as well produced as the excellent “McLaren” film on Jack Br...