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Book Review: Benetton Formula 1: A Story edited by Pino Allievi
Compared to the 80’s, the liveries of the 2016 F1 cars seem all very conservative. In the ‘80s and 90’s it was the Benetton cars (and probably Jordan) that added bold splashes of colour to the grid. “Benetton Formula 1: A...
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Book Review: Brabham The Grand Prix Cars by Alan Henry
Looks like Bernie Ecclestone has secured another formal extension as the head kahuna of F1. While most people associate him as the commercial boss of F1, there was a time when he was the street smart wheeling dealing team princ...
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Book Review: Williams by Maurice Hamilton
Monza. While Ferrari and Ronnie Peterson are the first to come into my mind, I always keep thinking of the very poignant archival footage of a dogged Frank Williams jogging on the Monza circuit. Felipe Massa has announced his r...
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Rare Book Review: Ferrari Formula 1 by Peter Wright
If media reports are true – Ferrari are in disarray yet again! Last year with Sebastian Vettel, the Scuderia looked on the verge of re-discovering the success of the Schumacher-Brawn-Todt-Byrne days. One excellent technic...
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Rare Book Review: First Among Champions – The Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Cars by David Venables
Judging from the talk of Ferrari’s Chairman, the famous Alfa Romeo marque will be back on the grid in the not too distant future (re-badged Sauber or Toro Rosso?). An absolute gem of a book, is David Venables’ ‘First Among Cham...
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Book Review: McLaren Formula 1 by Rainer Schlegelmilch and Hartmut Lehbrink
It’s now mid-season and McLaren definitely seem to be fumbling around to the point of being dangerously close to losing some of their prestige team tag (echoes of WilliamsF1 circa 2011?). It’s hard to imagine the te...
