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Book Review: Formula 1 The Roaring 70s by Rainer Schlegelmilch
While everyone harps on about the lack of 70’s style driver personalities these days, I don’t think that much has actually changed. “Formula 1 The Roaring 70’s” is another large hardcover format ph...
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Book Review: Keke – An Autobiography by Keke Rosberg and Keith Botsford
While Nico is feeling a little heat from his brush with Lewis’ right rear tyre at Spa, you sometimes forget how different his driving style and demeanor is compared to his old man, 1982 champion, moustachioed and cigarett...
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Book Review: Ultimate Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley
Although there are a lot of instructional books on race driving, the level of coverage and detail in Ross Bentley’s “Ultimate Speed Secrets” is amazing. From the basics of the cockpit, gear shifting, foot bra...
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Book Review: Formula One the cars and drivers by Michael Turner and Nigel Roebuck
Michael Turner is one of the more well known F1 artists. “Formula One the cars and drivers” is a collection of Turner’s artworks that cover period F1 races from 1950 to 1982. Although Nigel Roebuck is a great ...
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Rare Book Review: Grand Prix Driver by Hermann Lang
After watching the recent German and Austrian grand prix on TV, I was motivated to dig up a German related book to review for a feature post. I was tempted to do Chris Nixon’s “Kings of the Nurburgring” but si...
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Book Review: Life in the fast lane by Alain Prost
Alain Prost appeared several times last month in the news – test driving Red Bull’s RB8 and weighing in on Renault’s engine progress. Although Alain Prost was to later write a more complete autobiography in Vi...
