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Book Review: Jochen Rindt – The Story of a World Champion by Heinz Prüller
On the Formula 1 official website, Sebastian Vettel nominated Jochen Rindt as one driver for his all dream team. The only posthumous F1 world champion, Rindt is a driver that features heavily in the stories of Jackie Stewart, T...
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New Book Review: Aussie Grit by Mark Webber
When Mark Webber retired from F1 in 2013, many of his fans were hopeful of eventually getting the inside story on Red Bull, the in-team scraps with Sebastian Vettel and the infamous Multi 21 incident during the 2013 Malaysian G...
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Book Review: McLaren Formula 1 by Rainer Schlegelmilch and Hartmut Lehbrink
It’s now mid-season and McLaren definitely seem to be fumbling around to the point of being dangerously close to losing some of their prestige team tag (echoes of WilliamsF1 circa 2011?). It’s hard to imagine the te...
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Blu-Ray review: 1: Life on the Limit
May the young & gifted Jules Bianchi finally rest in peace. Last year’s Suzuka crash was a shocking reminder that F1 will always have a danger element. The film 1: Life on the Limit was billed as must see F1 documenta...
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Book Review: Stewart Formula 1 Racing Team by David Tremayne
Are Red Bull Racing in or out? Just like Mercedes AMG who was once Brawn and Honda in earlier incarnations, Red Bull were once Jaguar and before that were originally the Stewart racing team. David Tremayne’s 1999 book on ...
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Book Review: To Hell and Back by Niki Lauda
Ever since Ron Howard’s Rush movie, like many 1976 F1 season memorabilia, the resale price of Niki Lauda’s autobiography “To Hell and Back” has increased markedly (especially the hard cover edition). ‘To Hell and Ba...
