Other F1 personalities
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New Book Review: How to Build a Car by Adrian Newey
It’s testament to Adrian Newey’s stature in F1 that as an engineer he is also treated like a rockstar by F1 fans. Despite the fact that the current hybrid turbo era has put more emphasis on raw engine power over aerodynamics, N...
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Book Review: Colin Chapman – Inside the Innovator by Karl Ludvigsen
Car launch season is always an interesting time. Will we see any radical interpretation of the new 2017 chassis regulations? One of F1’s most innovative thinkers that pushed the boundaries of the sports regulations was Co...
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Rare Book Review: The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs: My Terrible Joys by Enzo Ferrari
Whenever there is political unrest within Ferrari, I always can’t help imagining what the great il Commendatore would be thinking. In 2017, we can only look back at some of the few books written by Enzo himself for some g...
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New Book Review: Formula One and Beyond by Max Mosley
Considering all the high drama in 2015 about engines and new design regulations to liven up F1, the head of the FIA – Jean Todt has kept an incredibly low profile. Post Jules Bianchi’s awful Suzuka crash, the FIA w...
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Book Review: I Just Made the Tea by Di Spires with Bernard Ferguson
Most F1 books are written by ex-drivers or F1 journalists but a slightly different take on life in the F1 paddock is Di Spires’ memoir book “I Just Made the Tea – Tales from 30 years inside Formula 1.” D...
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Book Review: Murray Walker Unless I’m very much mistaken by Murray Walker
With the British GP on this weekend, I decided to have read of the autobiography of Murray Walker, the famous retired BBC F1 commentator. UK fans will of course, recognise Murray as an institution with his well known over the t...
