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ken tyrrell book cover chris hilton
ken tyrrell book cover chris hilton
ken tyrrell book cover chris hilton

Book Review: Ken Tyrrell Portrait of a Motor Racing Giant by Christopher Hilton

It has been awhile since the last review from the archives and there are a stack of older books I’ve been meaning to post reviews of including books on Ken Tyrrell, Jim Clark and the Chris Nixon’s “Kings of the Nürburgrin...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Great Challenge - the Senna Era Book cover
The Great Challenge - the Senna Era Book cover
The Great Challenge - the Senna Era Book cover

Rare Book Review: The Great Challenge – the Senna Era by Rainer Schlegelmilch and Dieter Streve-Mulhens

It’s taken more than 5 years but finally the 200th book review milestone on this site is here! I figured I had better save a decent book for the 200th review and decided that Volume 4  (The Senna era) of Rainer Schlegelmilch an...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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630 days to the top bmw book
630 days to the top bmw book
630 days to the top bmw book

Book Review: 630 Days to the Top: The Story of the World Champion BMW Turbo by Uwe Mahla

Let’s take a look at another F1 engine book. I loved the unique aero designs of Gordon Murray cars, particularly the Brabham BMW turbo era cars of the early 80’s. A celebration of the BMW turbo engine powering the Brabham BT49 ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Formula 1 1950-today Schlegelmilch book cover
Formula 1 1950-today Schlegelmilch book cover
Formula 1 1950-today Schlegelmilch book cover

Book Review: Formula 1 1950-today by Rainer Schlegelmilch and Hartmut Lehbrink

This excellent Schlegelmilch and Lebhrink photobook published in 2005 probably sits in between two other Schlegelmilch books Fascination Formula One and 50 Years of Formula One. Yes, it does include several repeat photos from h...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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McLaren Formula 1 book cover
McLaren Formula 1 book cover
McLaren Formula 1 book cover

Book Review: McLaren Formula 1 by Rainer Schlegelmilch and Hartmut Lehbrink

It’s now mid-season and McLaren definitely seem to be fumbling around to the point of being dangerously close to losing some of their prestige team tag (echoes of WilliamsF1 circa 2011?). It’s hard to imagine the te...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Schlegelmilch The Roaring 70s book cover
Schlegelmilch The Roaring 70s book cover
Schlegelmilch The Roaring 70s book cover

Book Review: Formula 1 The Roaring 70s by Rainer Schlegelmilch

While everyone harps on about the lack of 70’s style driver personalities these days, I don’t think that much has actually changed. “Formula 1 The Roaring 70’s” is another large hardcover format ph...