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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...
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Book Review: Aston Martin DB 70 years by Andrew Noakes
While F1 fans wait in anticipation for the unveiling of next season’s 2021 Aston Martin F1 team car, the British marque actually first raced in F1 back in 1959 with its DBR4 open wheel monocoque. Andrew Noakes’ in ...
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Book Review: Faster by Neal Bascomb
Seems like there is a bit of French renaissance going on in F1 at the moment with Pierre Gasly’s win in Monza becoming the first French driver to win since Olivier Panis in 1996 and also Renault F1’s plan to rebadge to the hist...
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Book Review: The Mechanic by Marc ‘Elvis’ Priestley
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a F1 book that I couldn’t put down and powered through in less than a weekend. Although it was published in 2018, I only recently managed to pick up a copy of former McLaren mechanic (now F...
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DVD review: Brabham
Having previously read the Tony Davis/Akos Armont Brabham book, I was keen to view the 2019 Brabham documentary film made by Akos Armont hoping it would be as well produced as the excellent “McLaren” film on Jack Br...
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Book Review: The Biography of Niki Lauda by Maurice Hamilton
Although the global COVID lockdown is frustrating for all F1 fans, I’m told one benefit (if there is one) has been the re-discovery of F1 books (I also think there’s been a recovery in the diecast market too, but that’’s for an...
