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Senna Hard Edge of Genious Hilton book cover
Senna Hard Edge of Genious Hilton book cover
Senna Hard Edge of Genious Hilton book cover

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...

 
 
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Haynes McLaren M23 book cover
Haynes McLaren M23 book cover
Haynes McLaren M23 book cover

McLaren and Danny Ric’s win at Monza was well overdue for long suffering McLaren fans. The MCL35 is starting to show encouraging signs and joins the list of race winning McLaren grand prix cars that hopefully can emulate ...

 
 
 
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Lauda The Rebel Menard Vassal book cover
Lauda The Rebel Menard Vassal book cover
Lauda The Rebel Menard Vassal book cover

As we return to Zandvoort this weekend for the highly anticipated Dutch GP, it’s a reminder of the last GP won by the late great multiple world champion Niki Lauda for McLaren in his retirement year back in 1985. There ha...

 
 
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F1 Mavericks Pete Biro George Levy book cover
F1 Mavericks Pete Biro George Levy book cover
F1 Mavericks Pete Biro George Levy book cover

During the current COVID lockdowns, I decided to pickup some new and old F1 books online which can be a bit of a gamble sometimes. One pleasant surprise was “F1 Mavericks” by George Levy (former Autoweek editor) wit...

 
 
 
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all but my life book cover
all but my life book cover
all but my life book cover

With the British GP on this weekend, I’ve been spending time looking through some older published books on Sir Stirling Moss. One that I had burrowed away in a pile of old books was “All but my life” which was...

 
 
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70th Grand Prix of Monaco book cover
70th Grand Prix of Monaco book cover
70th Grand Prix of Monaco book cover

There are only a few times I’ve bought books online sight unseen based on the book’s cover and the reputation of its author or photography. David Douglas Duncan’s “70th Grand Prix of Monaco” hardco...

 
 
 
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Ayrton Senna - Bruce Jones book cover
Ayrton Senna - Bruce Jones book cover
Ayrton Senna - Bruce Jones book cover

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 ...

 
 
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Lotus Racing Cars 1968-2000 book cover
Lotus Racing Cars 1968-2000 book cover
Lotus Racing Cars 1968-2000 book cover

Back in April this year, I posted a review of John Tipler’s “Lotus Racing Cars 1948-1968“. The follow on book is “Lotus Racing Cars – Dominance, Decline and Revival 1968-2000“. If you chart L...