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Book
 
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 ...

 
 
 
Book
 
Speed Addicts book cover
Speed Addicts book cover
Speed Addicts book cover

If there was a prize for a F1 book cover that didn’t quite do justice to the superb photography and content hidden inside, the award just might go to Mark Hughes’ book, “Speed Addicts”. No disrespect to ...

 
 
Book
 
Conquest of Formula 1 book cover
Conquest of Formula 1 book cover
Conquest of Formula 1 book cover

As everyone cheers Honda’s decision to return to Formula 1 in 2015, its hard not to get all misty eyed nostalgic about Honda’s heritage and past success in the sport (if only they had stayed on in 2009!). There have...

 
 
 
Book
 
Remembering Elio book cover
Remembering Elio book cover
Remembering Elio book cover

Tomorrow, May 15 will be the anniversary of the passing of the mercurial Italian F1 driver, Elio De Angelis. Remembering Elio by Lorie Coffey is another great book from the consistently excellent motorsport publisher Coterie Pr...

 
 
DVD
 
Grand Prix Heroes Jody Scheckter DVD
Grand Prix Heroes Jody Scheckter DVD
Grand Prix Heroes Jody Scheckter DVD

Looking at the many accidents of Romain Grosjean last season and his race ban after Spa, a lot of people labeled him as a dangerous lunatic.  Funnily there are early career similarities between Grosjean and 1979 World Champion ...

 
 
 
Book
 
wheel to wheel book cover
wheel to wheel book cover
wheel to wheel book cover

There has been some nice inter-team wheel banging so far this year with Webber-Vettel and Button-Perez. Team rivalry in F1 has always been pumped up by the media and there has been a rich history of drivers arch rivalry in the ...

 
 
Book
 
Renault F1 Beyond the Yellow Teapot book cover
Renault F1 Beyond the Yellow Teapot book cover
Renault F1 Beyond the Yellow Teapot book cover

Looking at the drivers and constructors championship ladder, it seems that Renault via Red Bull and Lotus are back to their best. Although Renault have been in and out of F1 as a works team, they have remained a dominant player...