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Book Review: Monaco – Inside F1’s Greatest Race by Malcolm Folley
As we head into next weekend’s Monaco GP, there will no doubt be a re-examination of Checo v Max recriminations during last year’s qualifying session. For the tifosi, hopefully Charles can finally shake his hoodoo a...
Diecast models
Minichamps re-releasing World Champions Collections 1:18 diecasts
Minichamps are finally starting to (slowly) release some of their much anticipated 1:18 World Champions Collections diecasts of Lewis Hamilton, Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna race cars (some of which are re-releases). If you...
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Book Review: Speed Read F1 by Stuart Codling
Netflix’s Drive to Survive documentary series has brought in a whole new demographic to Formula 1 – a new younger generation of F1 fan that is super knowledgable about driver personalties but not very knowledgeable ...
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Diecast Review: Tarmac Works 1:64 scale Mercedes AMG W11 Lewis Hamilton (2020 Tuscan GP) and Valtteri Bottas (2020 Austrian GP)
A few months back, I posted a detailed review of Tarmac Works’ excellent 1:64 scale model of Lando Norris’ McLaren MCL35M 2021 Monaco GP race car. Tarmac Works (again with IXO) have now added another F1 diecast to t...
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New Book Review: Formula One Down Under – Australian Grand Prix History
This weekend’s Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit marks the 37th modern FIA Formula 1 grand prix race in Australia (the earliest official Grand Prix was hosted back in 1920s). I’ve previously posted reviews of books on the A...
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Retro diecasts – Corgi Toys F1
While flicking through some old 1970’s Marvel comics (1972 issue of Black Panther Jungle Action to be exact), I stumbled across an old print advertisement for Corgi Toy’s F1 diecasts which included the Ferrari 312B,...
