Author Archive
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Book Review: My Championship Year by Jenson Button
With all the pre-season management shuffling inside Mercedes GP and Jenson Button topping the early recent Jerez testing times, I couldn’t help myself from re-reading Jenson Button’s review of his own 2009 world cha...
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Book Review: The Science of Formula 1 Design by David Tremayne
Since we’re still in the pre-season testing period, its makes sense to review a book on F1 car design. I have a copy of the 2nd edition of David Tremayne’s “The Science of Formula 1 Design” published in ...
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Rare Book Review: Ayrton Senna’s Principles of Race Driving by Ayrton Senna
There have been a few technical race driving books published by F1 drivers over the years, including Jackie Stewart’s ‘Principles of Performance Driving‘, Alain Prost’s ‘Competition Driving‘ ...
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Book Review: Die Formel 1 Spricht Deutsche by Rainer Schlegelmlich and Ralf Bach
“Die Formel 1 Spricht Deutsche” (translated: ‘Formula 1 speaks German’) is one of my favorite Rainer Schlegelmilch titles. While it isn’t the usual large size coffee table hardcover dustjacket form...
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Book Review: Memories of James Hunt by Christopher Hilton
One of the more tongue-in-cheek moments of 2012 was Kimi Räikkönen’s homage to James Hunt at Monaco by using Hunt’s race helmet livery. With Ron Howard’s Rush coming to theatres this year, we are probably goin...
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DVD Review: The Official Tribute to Senna
Having spotted an Amalgam McLaren MP4/4 diecast in Hong Kong on a recent visit, I was inspired to dig up my old copy of The Official Tribute to Senna. This is a 2 disc DVD compilation of various Senna documentaries – The ...
