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Diecast models
 

I received an email from a reader in Singapore asking about the various F1 world championship winning cars available in diecast (or resin for Spark models). Seems like this would be something useful to share with other collecto...

 
 
Book
 
adriane my life with ayrton book cover
adriane my life with ayrton book cover
adriane my life with ayrton book cover

Adriane Galisteu’s book ‘My Life with Ayrton‘ when it was published in 1994 after the death of the great Brazilian caused a few waves at the time. It’s also one of the few F1 books I’m aware of tha...

 
 
 
Book
 
Jochen Rindt biograpy book cover
Jochen Rindt biograpy book cover
Jochen Rindt biograpy book cover

On the Formula 1 official website, Sebastian Vettel nominated Jochen Rindt as one driver for his all dream team. The only posthumous F1 world champion, Rindt is a driver that features heavily in the stories of Jackie Stewart, T...

 
 
Book
 
Mark Webber Aussie Grit book cover
Mark Webber Aussie Grit book cover
Mark Webber Aussie Grit book cover

When Mark Webber retired from F1 in 2013, many of his fans were hopeful of eventually getting the inside story on Red Bull, the in-team scraps with Sebastian Vettel and the infamous Multi 21 incident during the 2013 Malaysian G...

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

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...

 
 
DVD
 
1: Life on the Limit Blu-ray cover
1: Life on the Limit Blu-ray cover
1: Life on the Limit Blu-ray cover

May the young & gifted Jules Bianchi finally rest in peace. Last year’s Suzuka crash was a shocking reminder that F1 will always have a danger element. The film 1: Life on the Limit was billed as must see F1 documenta...

 
 
 
Book
 
Stewart F1 Racing Team book cover
Stewart F1 Racing Team book cover
Stewart F1 Racing Team book cover

Are Red Bull Racing in or out? Just like Mercedes AMG who was once Brawn and Honda in earlier incarnations, Red Bull were once Jaguar and before that were originally the Stewart racing team. David Tremayne’s 1999 book on ...

 
 
Book
 
Niki Lauda To Hell and Back book cover
Niki Lauda To Hell and Back book cover
Niki Lauda To Hell and Back book cover

Ever since Ron Howard’s Rush movie, like many 1976 F1 season memorabilia, the resale price of Niki Lauda’s autobiography “To Hell and Back” has increased markedly (especially the hard cover edition). ‘To Hell and Ba...