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power and the glory book cover sedgwick
power and the glory book cover sedgwick
power and the glory book cover sedgwick

For many F1 Fans, the 80’s-90’s Formula 1 seasons are often considered to be the best era in the sport dominated by big marque team and superstar driver rivalries at the height of their powers – think Senna, Prost, Mansel...

 
 
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williams BBC bluray
williams BBC bluray
williams BBC bluray
 

Bluray review: Williams

 
 
 
 
 
 
July 7, 2018
 



It’s been awhile since I last reviewed an F1-related film. At first glance you could be mistaken for thinking that BBC Films’ 2016 “Williams” is just another sports documentary about the inner workings of a F1 team with a long ...

 
 
 
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Ferrari 156 McDonough book cover
Ferrari 156 McDonough book cover
Ferrari 156 McDonough book cover

I can’t say that this year’s Ferrari SF-71H will likely be remembered as one of the more aesthetically pleasing Ferrari monocoques (unless of course, if Seb actually wins the 2018 championship). One of the most memorable and ic...

 
 
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Since 1994, May 1 on the F1 calendar always remembers Ayrton Senna. There have been more books published about Senna that any other driver. At one stage in the 90’s, motorsports writer Christopher Hilton was pumping out Senna b...

 
 
 
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pironi book cover
pironi book cover
pironi book cover

I never really paid too much attention to Didier Pironi’s career other than succumbing to the media stories that Pironi was the scheming and ambitious Frenchman vs the pure free spirited Ferrari team-mate Gilles Villeneuve and ...

 
 
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It’s been 50 years since the passing of 2 time world champion Jim Clark in a F2 race at the Hockenheimring. It’s hard for modern F1 fans to appreciate the silken skills of F1 champions from the 60s – although compare curr...

 
 
 
Book
 
Australian GP 1985 preview cover
Australian GP 1985 preview cover
Australian GP 1985 preview cover

Although the Melbourne Albert Park circuit is well liked, it probably still lacks the drama of the Adelaide street circuit that hosted the Australian Grand Prix between 1985 to 1995. Looking back at the preview magazine for the...

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