Author Archive
Book
Book Review: Alain Prost by Maurice Hamilton
After reading recent interview comments by Alain Prost on Renault’s 2020 season campaign and Fernando’s comeback, it’s hard not to imagine how he might have performed in the Renault RS20. The number of Alain Prost books are rel...
Book
New Book Review: McLaren The Cars 2020 edition by William Taylor
I’ve always rated Coterie Press’ and William Taylor’s “McLaren the Cars” highly and it’s included in my list of favourite F1 books to own or read. So with the release of the 3rd edition which...
Book
Book Review: Against Death and Time by Brock Yates
When I recently picked up a copy of Brock Yates’ “Against Death and Time” although I knew it had very little F1 content, it was still one of the many books scribbled on my long reading list of older books whic...
Book
Book Review: Red Bull Racing F1 Car Owner’s Workshop Manual by Haynes
I’ve been previously asked about whether the Haynes workshop manuals for F1 cars are any good and why I hadn’t posted up any reviews over the years – the honest answer is that I’ve (unconsciously) priori...
Diecast models
A brief look at Minichamps F1 “taxi” cars
After noticing recent eBay resales of the famous Senna taxi by Minichamps in 1:18 scale (Nigel Mansell’s Williams Renault FW14 giving Ayrton Senna a lift at the 1991 British Grand Prix) fetching consistently EUR250+, I thought ...
DVD
Bluray review: FIA Formula One World Championship 2019 Official Review
I can’t believe the last time I last did a review post of Duke Video’s annual F1 season review video was back in 2012. Since 2011, these season review videos have also been available in Blu-ray disc format (although...
