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Battle for the British Grand Prix book cover
Battle for the British Grand Prix book cover
Battle for the British Grand Prix book cover

As we approach Silverstone for the British GP, the next few review posts will have a heavy British flavor. First up is Alan Henry’s 2010 book, The Battle for the British Grand Prix : The Inside Story for the fight to save...

 
 
Book
 
Villeneuve My First Season book cover
Villeneuve My First Season book cover
Villeneuve My First Season book cover

Following on from my last review post on Autocourse’s Gilles Villeneuve, next up is Jacques Villeneuve’s My First Season in Formula 1 (with help from Gerald Donaldson) that reflects on Villeneuve Jnr’s maiden ...

 
 
Diecast models
 
Minichamps diecasts 1:43 auction
Minichamps diecasts 1:43 auction
Minichamps diecasts 1:43 auction

After getting some requests from readers, I’ve posted up some recent 2013 high priced final eBay sales of Minichamps and Spark F1 model cars to share as reference guide for collectors. You can find the report in the menu ...

 
 
Book
 
Gilles Villeneuve Autocourse book cover
Gilles Villeneuve Autocourse book cover
Gilles Villeneuve Autocourse book cover

As the F1 circus moves to Montreal, its hard not to think of the driver which the GP circuit was named after, the legendary Gilles Villeneuve. Gilles fans have quite a few books to choose from. Some have been better than others...

 
 
 
Book
 
Behind the Scenes with Benetton F1 book cover
Behind the Scenes with Benetton F1 book cover
Behind the Scenes with Benetton F1 book cover

The other day, someone was asking me about good Benetton F1 books. For the newbie F1 fans, this year’s Lotus team was previously Renault and before that was Benetton. Quite a few books on the Benetton team have been publi...

 
 
Book
 
Graham Hill Grand Prix Racing
Graham Hill Grand Prix Racing
Graham Hill Grand Prix Racing

Congratulations to Nico Rosberg on a controlled Monaco GP win. Another Monaco meister (5 times) was Englishman Graham Hill. In 1966, Shell published the Graham Hill Grand Prix Racing Book which is an excellent compact guide to ...

 
 
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Rush The Movie
Rush The Movie
Rush The Movie

I just watched the new trailer for Ron Howard’s movie “Rush” and the racing scenes are looking good. Lots of retro Marlboro logos and cigarettes too. No doubt it will be typical Hollywood melodrama, but I also...

 
 
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Grand Prix de Monaco book cover
Grand Prix de Monaco book cover
Grand Prix de Monaco book cover

As everyone revs up for the glitz of Monaco this weekend, its time to checkout a book on F1’s most famous race on the calendar. There really has been no shortage of excellent books published on the Monaco GP. One of the b...

 
 
Diecast models
 
Rare Spark F1 models
Rare Spark F1 models
Rare Spark F1 models

I’ve received quite a few emails about Spark models. I wrote a post earlier this year with lists of rare and hard to find Minichamps F1 models which I also get a lot of email questions about, so it makes sense to write a ...