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spark 1:5 Lewis Hamilton 2020 Helmet
spark 1:5 Lewis Hamilton 2020 Helmet
spark 1:5 Lewis Hamilton 2020 Helmet

While Lewis Hamilton has varied his race helmet over his career (and even during his time with Mercedes), his recent black and purple 2020 season helmet (designed by Lewis’ helmet designer since 2017, Rai Caldato) was str...

 
 
Book
 
Murray Walker Incredible book cover
Murray Walker Incredible book cover
Murray Walker Incredible book cover

During the Xmas break, I managed to read Maurice Hamilton’s recent tribute book on the famous BBC F1 commentator Murray Walker who passed in 2021. Murray’s own autobiography “Unless I’m Very Much Mistake...

 
 
 
Book
 

These days F1 fans have a number of F1 yearbooks to choose from. The go-to title is probably the comprehensive Autocourse annual. Another option though is the F1 annual published by Italian publisher Autosprint. I was randomly ...

 
 
Book
 
Formula One Australia New Zealand Story John Smailes book cover
Formula One Australia New Zealand Story John Smailes book cover
Formula One Australia New Zealand Story John Smailes book cover

In 2021 Daniel Ricciardo is probably the most recognisable Australian in the F1 paddock but after that epic seasonal finale at Abu Dhabi GP, F1’s most famous Aussie may now actually be race director, Michael Masi! Add to ...

 
 
Trading Cards
 

F1 trading cards have been around for a long time but ever since Topps secured the licensing rights for Formula One in 2020, the collectors market has transformed by opening up to a new collector demographic (arguably even non-...

 
 
Book
 
Lewis Hamilton Through the Lens book cover
Lewis Hamilton Through the Lens book cover
Lewis Hamilton Through the Lens book cover

Considering Sir Lewis Hamilton has clocked up 7 world titles equaling Michael Schumacher, it’s amazing that there are less books about Lewis compared to the German weltmeister. Maybe it’s that books are less popular...

 
 
Blog Posts
 

Congrats to Max and Red Bull on their COTA win last weekend! The 2021 season has been a welcome breath of fresh air and change from the last few years of Mercedes/Hamilton predictable dominance. Recent media comments have obser...

 
Diecast models
 
Hotwheels Ferrari F2004 Schumacher 1:18
Hotwheels Ferrari F2004 Schumacher 1:18
Hotwheels Ferrari F2004 Schumacher 1:18

Unlike the wide range of 1:18 scale F1 model makers today, in the late 90’s and early 2000’s retail F1 collectors were for the most part limited to choosing between Hotwheels and Minichamps for 1:18 scale diecast models. Hotwhe...