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Rare Book Review: Ferrari Formula 1 by Peter Wright
If media reports are true – Ferrari are in disarray yet again! Last year with Sebastian Vettel, the Scuderia looked on the verge of re-discovering the success of the Schumacher-Brawn-Todt-Byrne days. One excellent technic...
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Book Review: The Power and the Glory: A Century of Motoring Racing by Ivan Rendall
Although I’ve never watched the ’90s BBC TV series, “The Power and the Glory” manages to cover the history of both European and US motor sport with its famous races, teams and drivers. Although the secon...
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Book Review: Faster! A Racer’s Diary by Jackie Stewart and Peter Manso
British GP time! No doubt Sir Jackie Stewart will be present somewhere. I recently dusted off his diary called “Faster! A Racer’s Diary” which Sir Jackie co-wrote with Peter Manso (author of Vrooom!!). This book is an int...
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Rare Book Review: Autocourse History of the Grand Prix Car 1966-85 by Doug Nye
For many F1 followers, the Autocourse annuals are revered as the authoritative benchmark publication for F1 season reviews – and for good reason too – the best F1 journalists, top photographers to complement loads o...
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1:43 Senna Diecast Review: Eaglemoss vs Minichamps
While Minichamps have recently re-released several 1:43 Ayrton Senna McLarens and JPS Lotus race cars, a budget diecast alternative for some may be the Eaglemoss 1:43 diecasts released in Brazil -these are part of a promotional...
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Rare Book Review: First Among Champions – The Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Cars by David Venables
Judging from the talk of Ferrari’s Chairman, the famous Alfa Romeo marque will be back on the grid in the not too distant future (re-badged Sauber or Toro Rosso?). An absolute gem of a book, is David Venables’ ‘First Among Cham...
