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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...
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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...
Diecast models
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...
