Author Archive
Book
Book Review: Technology of the F1 Car by Nigel Macknight
Pre-season testing is actually one of my favourite times on the F1 calendar. New car designs and liveries break cover. Although the cars in 2015 are a lot more complex than those a decade ago, some basic technical principles st...
Blog Posts
F1 engine costs vs sponsorship
Last month, I wrote a post on some of the old Team Lotus contracts circa 1986-1988 that are available for viewing as historical documents online. As everyone knows the 2014 F1 season was all about the financial burden of the ne...
Book
Book Review: Mika by Alan Henry
During my work commute I’ve been reading an excellent compact biography of Mika Häkkinen by Alan Henry. I have to admit Mika was one of my favourite drivers and was the second off a production line of ‘Flying Finn’ F1 world cha...
DVD
Blu-ray Review: Magische Momente (Magical Moments – the time of the Silver Arrows)
Mercedes’ 2014 constructors’ and Lewis’ drivers championship look like setting up a new era of Mercedes Silver Arrows dominance. Co-incidentally, I received for Xmas, Magische Momente which is a 3 disc blu-ray disc docume...
Diecast models
1:18 diecast review: Hotwheels Ferrari F10
Well Fernando’s Ferrari project is now over (at least for 2015) but it did start in fine form with a first up win for the Scuderia in the 2010 Bahrain GP in the elongated shark finned bar-coded Ferrari F10. Hotwheels had...
Blog Posts
Seasons Greetings from F1-nut.com
To all regular and new readers of F1-nut.com, I’d like to wish you all a safe and prosperous new year. I didn’t have time this year to feature books that would make it onto a Xmas wishlist, so maybe I’ll try f...
