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speed kings john smailes book cover
speed kings john smailes book cover
speed kings john smailes book cover

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...

 
Diecast models
 

Looking back at 2020, it’s certainly been an overwhelming year with COVID outbreaks globally. Similar to the market shift to online retail and the surge in demand for home based goods – I think COVID has definitely re-inv...

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

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
 
Mclaren The Cars 2020 book cover
Mclaren The Cars 2020 book cover
Mclaren The Cars 2020 book cover

I’ve always rated Coterie Press’ and William Taylor’s “McLaren the Cars” highly and it’s included in my list of favourite F1 books to own or read. So with the release of the 3rd edition which...

 
 
 
Book
 
against death and time brock yates book cover
against death and time brock yates book cover
against death and time brock yates book cover

When I recently picked up a copy of Brock Yates’ “Against Death and Time” although I knew it had very little F1 content, it was still one of the many books scribbled on my long reading list of older books whic...

 
 
Book
 
Red Bull Racing F1 car Haynes book cover
Red Bull Racing F1 car Haynes book cover
Red Bull Racing F1 car Haynes book cover

I’ve been previously asked about whether the Haynes workshop manuals for F1 cars are any good and why I hadn’t posted up any reviews over the years – the honest answer is that I’ve (unconsciously) priori...

 
 
Diecast models
 
mansell senna taxi minichamps 1:43
mansell senna taxi minichamps 1:43
mansell senna taxi minichamps 1:43

After noticing recent eBay resales of the famous Senna taxi by Minichamps in 1:18 scale (Nigel Mansell’s Williams Renault FW14 giving Ayrton Senna a lift at the 1991 British Grand Prix) fetching consistently EUR250+, I thought ...

 
 
DVD
 
F1 2020 season review bluray
F1 2020 season review bluray
F1 2020 season review bluray

I can’t believe the last time I last did a review post of Duke Video’s annual F1 season review video was back in 2012. Since 2011, these season review videos have also been available in Blu-ray disc format (although...