In the Spotlight this week:
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Book Review
Book Review: Kimberley’s Racing Driver Profile No 5 – Ayrton Senna by Ken Wells
This month is going to mark the 30th anniversary of the passing of Ayrton Senna, so expect to see lots of Senna coverage in the F1 media. It’s been a while since I did any Senna related posts, having already reviewed so m... -
Book Review
Rare Book Review: Monumental Senna
May each year and F1 GPs at Imola are always a reminder of the legendary Ayrton Senna. Monumental Senna was a limited edition (500 pcs) hardcover book that was released in 1994 not long after Senna’s death. At the time of... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna – The Hard Edge of Genius by Christopher Hilton
While making some long overdue updates to the Best Ayrton Senna books page on the site, it dawned that there are still a number of older Senna books I’ve forgotten to post reviews of. The obvious one is the rare Monumenta... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna – Portrait of a Racing Legend by Bruce Jones
I recently picked up a copy of Bruce Jones’ 2019 Senna tribute book “Ayrton Senna – Portrait of a Racing Legend” sight unseen purely based on the book’s cover and that it was published to mark the ... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna All his races by Tony Dodgins
As we head into this weekend’s GP at Imola, for better or worse, this circuit now forever reminds fans of Ayrton Senna. There have been so many Senna books published, it’s often difficult to distinguish between the them and unl... -
Book Review
Book Review: Senna by Fiona Beddall
Another Senna book for junior readers is Scholastic’s and Fiona Beddall’s “Senna”. This book is part of Scholastic’s series in a short form format aimed at the intermediate junior teenage reader level as opposed to the kids sto... -
Book Review
Book review: Little People, Big Dreams: Ayrton Senna by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Ayrton Senna had (and still has) such mass appeal including to children – he even created his own childrens’ comic character Senninha (“little Senna”). There have also been several Senna books for junior... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna The Last Night
The Senna tribute celebrations during Interlagos (including Bruno Senna in the McLaren MP4/4) at this year’s Brazilian GP are ample evidence of how Ayrton Senna is still so revered by F1 fans. Published in 2016, ‘Ayrton Senna &...
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Book Review
Book Review: Kimberley’s Racing Driver Profile No 5 – Ayrton Senna by Ken Wells
This month is going to mark the 30th anniversary of the passing of Ayrton Senna, so expect to see lots of Senna coverage in the F1 media. It’s been a while since I did any Senna related posts, having already reviewed so m... -
Book Review
Rare Book Review: Monumental Senna
May each year and F1 GPs at Imola are always a reminder of the legendary Ayrton Senna. Monumental Senna was a limited edition (500 pcs) hardcover book that was released in 1994 not long after Senna’s death. At the time of... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna – The Hard Edge of Genius by Christopher Hilton
While making some long overdue updates to the Best Ayrton Senna books page on the site, it dawned that there are still a number of older Senna books I’ve forgotten to post reviews of. The obvious one is the rare Monumenta... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna – Portrait of a Racing Legend by Bruce Jones
I recently picked up a copy of Bruce Jones’ 2019 Senna tribute book “Ayrton Senna – Portrait of a Racing Legend” sight unseen purely based on the book’s cover and that it was published to mark the ... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna All his races by Tony Dodgins
As we head into this weekend’s GP at Imola, for better or worse, this circuit now forever reminds fans of Ayrton Senna. There have been so many Senna books published, it’s often difficult to distinguish between the them and unl... -
Book Review
Book Review: Senna by Fiona Beddall
Another Senna book for junior readers is Scholastic’s and Fiona Beddall’s “Senna”. This book is part of Scholastic’s series in a short form format aimed at the intermediate junior teenage reader level as opposed to the kids sto... -
Book Review
Book review: Little People, Big Dreams: Ayrton Senna by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Ayrton Senna had (and still has) such mass appeal including to children – he even created his own childrens’ comic character Senninha (“little Senna”). There have also been several Senna books for junior... -
Book Review
Book Review: Ayrton Senna The Last Night
The Senna tribute celebrations during Interlagos (including Bruno Senna in the McLaren MP4/4) at this year’s Brazilian GP are ample evidence of how Ayrton Senna is still so revered by F1 fans. Published in 2016, ‘Ayrton Senna &...
Recent Diecast Reviews
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Diecast Review: Minichamps Williams FW14B 1:18 World Champions Edition
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Diecast Review: Looksmart 1:43 scale Charles Leclerc 2022 Ferrari F1-75
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Diecast review: Sparky 1:64 scale 2022 Mercedes AMG W13 Lewis Hamilton
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Review: Max Verstappen 2022 helmet 1:2 scale replica
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Diecast review: Spark 1:64 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing RB18
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Diecast review: Tarmac Works 1:64 scale Mercedes AMG W12 Lewis Hamilton (2021 British GP) and Valtteri Bottas (2021 Turkish GP)
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Minichamps re-releasing World Champions Collections 1:18 diecasts
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Diecast Review: Tarmac Works 1:64 scale Mercedes AMG W11 Lewis Hamilton (2020 Tuscan GP) and Valtteri Bottas (2020 Austrian GP)
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Diecast models
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Book
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