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Ferrari monoposto book cover
Ferrari monoposto book cover
Ferrari monoposto book cover
 

Rare Book Review: Ferrari Monoposto

 
 
 
 
 
 
July 30, 2017
 



  With crunch time for Seb and Ferrari this weekend, the spotlight is on the Scuderia again. Ferrari’s new focus and early wins this year reminded me a lot of the 1990 season with Prost (Vettel) and Mansell (Kimi) in the 6...

 
 
Book
 
race without end book cover
race without end book cover
race without end book cover

Toto Wolff has been irked by Eddie Jordan’s recent mutterings about Mercedes selling the team and winding back to being just an engine manufacturer. As a former team owner, Eddie does have form. I was a big fan of the Jordan F1...

 
 
 
Book
 
senna legend grows book cover
senna legend grows book cover
senna legend grows book cover

It was just a matter of time before Lewis Hamilton drew level with Ayrton Senna’s total pole positions (and no doubt he will eclipse Schumi’s all time record soon too).  The photos of Lewis with Senna’s helmet brings back memor...

 
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This weekend I was reading an online magazine published by Honda back in 2015 marking their renewed partnership with McLaren in 2015 (hint: just google ‘Honda Mag 58’ for the link). Fast forward 3 years to June 2017...

 
 
 
Book
 
gilles villeneuve book cover
gilles villeneuve book cover
gilles villeneuve book cover

The Canadian Grand Prix has a habit of producing maiden victories – think Ricciardo (2014), Kubica (2008), Hamilton (2007), Alesi (1995) and of course the legendary Canadian himself, Gilles Villeneuve in 1978. Who can for...

 
 
Book
 
Marlboro Grand Prix Guide cover
Marlboro Grand Prix Guide cover
Marlboro Grand Prix Guide cover

Retro reflection time. Before the easy availability for F1 fans to access online statistics, thick statistics books were the main go to resource. Think of large books like “The Complete Encyclopaedia of Formula One” and in more...

 
 
 
Book
 
monaco grand prix posters book cover
monaco grand prix posters book cover
monaco grand prix posters book cover

Monaco, the jewel of F1 is on again this weekend (minus Fernando of course who will be hoping he finishes better in Indy than Jenson finishes on Sunday). William Crouse is one the few collectors in the world who has managed to ...

 
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I don’t normally post about video games but the recent trailer for the new F1 2017 franchise video game by Codemasters teases the inclusion of some iconic F1 race cars – the Senna McLaren MP4/4, Williams Renault FW1...

 
 
 
DVD
 
The secret life of Formula One DVD
The secret life of Formula One DVD
The secret life of Formula One DVD

While combing through some old DVDs, I stumbled across an old 2002 documentary by the Discovery Channel “The Secret Life of Formula One” and decided to watch it again. This video provides a bit of history of the technical evolu...