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Diecast Review: ModelCar Group Niki Lauda Ferrari 312T2 1:18 scale
So Max chalks up a back to back win at Zandvoort! While the 2022 Dutch GP circuit isn’t as raw as it old layout, it had some great winners in the late 70’s and early 80’s including the wily Niki Lauda in the b...
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Book Review: The Piranha Club by Timothy Collings
With the Alpine-Alonso-Piastri-McLaren summer break shenanigans, a lot of recent media writeups have made reference to the ruthless ‘Piranha Club’ mentality in F1, reminiscent of the early career poaching of Michael...
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Rare Book Review: Monumental Senna
May each year and F1 GPs at Imola are always a reminder of the legendary Ayrton Senna. Monumental Senna was a limited edition (500 pcs) hardcover book that was released in 1994 not long after Senna’s death. At the time of...
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Book Review: Driving to the Future by Mario Felice Tecce
F1-nut.com has always been open to reviews of books from new amateur and budding motorsport authors, especially those that have embarked on e-book publication like In the Pitlane F1 Exposed by Garry Sloan and Bricks and Bones b...
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Review: Spark 1:5 F1 helmet replica – Lewis Hamilton 2020 Turkish GP helmet
While Lewis Hamilton has varied his race helmet over his career (and even during his time with Mercedes), his recent black and purple 2020 season helmet (designed by Lewis’ helmet designer since 2017, Rai Caldato) was str...
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Book Review: Murray Walker Incredible! by Maurice Hamilton
During the Xmas break, I managed to read Maurice Hamilton’s recent tribute book on the famous BBC F1 commentator Murray Walker who passed in 2021. Murray’s own autobiography “Unless I’m Very Much Mistake...
