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Thoughts: The F1 calendar
If you’re a long time F1 fan, it’s hard not to be a little disheartened at the gradual disappearance of the historic European circuits. With rumors of Monza disappearing along with the missing German Grand Prix (Hoc...
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Book Review: The Grand Prix Tyrrells Jackie Stewart Cars 1970-1973 by Doug Nye
Formula 1 cars in the early 1970’s had very muscular look distinct to that era – high airboxes, wide noses and big fat rear tyres. Tyrrell, Lotus and McLaren were the dominant teams but the Jackie Stewart-Tyrrell Fo...
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Book Review: Murray Walker’s Formula One Heroes by Murray Walker and Simon Taylor
I recently dusted off “Murray Walker’s Formula One Heroes” when re-arranging some older books in storage. Published in 2000, this book was typical of the F1 books from that era and in many ways is a book versi...
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Book Review: Graham by Graham Hill with Neil Ewart
When you think of the most decorated Monaco GP winners – Senna and Schumacher immediately come to mind. It wasn’t until I read his autobiography, that I’m now convinced the real king of Monaco is Graham Hill! Why? Graham...
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1:43 Diecast Review: Mercedes W05 Minichamps Mercedes Dealer Edition
Since their McLaren partnership days, Mercedes have produced (with the help of Minichamps) a special 1:43 scale production run of their F1 cars for their dealers. The packaging and display cases are bigger than the normal Minic...
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Magazine Review: Autosport Legends – Ayrton Senna
I don’t normally include magazine reviews but if you’re a Senna fan, there is one particular magazine issue that is arguably better than a lot of Senna books that have been published. It’s one of Autosport mag...
