In the Spotlight this week:
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Book Review
Book Review: Little People, Big Dreams – Lewis Hamilton by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Back in 2020, I posted a review of Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara’s children’s book on Ayrton Senna which was part of her popular “Little People, Big Dreams” biography series for little ones. Well, she has ... -
Book Review
Book review: Lewis Hamilton – The Definitive Biography by Frank Worrall
While Lewis’ record 104th pole last weekend in Hungary proved to be a bit of a false dawn for the race, his fans are hoping Mercedes’ development of next year’s W15 will give him the car to resume his head on ... -
Book Review
Book review: Lewis Hamilton – Through the Lens by Bruce Hales-Dutton
Considering Sir Lewis Hamilton has clocked up 7 world titles equaling Michael Schumacher, it’s amazing that there are less books about Lewis compared to the German weltmeister. Maybe it’s that books are less popular... -
Book Review
Book Review: The Mechanic by Marc ‘Elvis’ Priestley
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a F1 book that I couldn’t put down and powered through in less than a weekend. Although it was published in 2018, I only recently managed to pick up a copy of former McLaren mechanic (now F... -
Book Review
Book Review: Lewis Hamilton Formula One World Champion by Bruce Jones
After taking the 2014 title, Lewis is probably at the height of his powers. Hard to believe its took him 6 years to win his 2nd championship since 2008 (Fernando are you still counting?) Bruce Jones’ “Lewis Hamilton... -
Book Review
Book Review: Lewis Hamilton – the full story by Mark Hughes
With the strength of the Merc works team in testing so far, Lewis is certainly shaping up as one of the frontrunners for the 2014 title. Bernie Ecclestone has tipped his stablemate Nico Rosberg for the title, so I dug up Mark H... -
Book Review
Book Review: Lewis Hamilton “My Story” Special Celebration Edition
The McLaren Prodigy With the driver market focus on whether Lewis Hamilton will stay with McLaren in 2013 and with McLaren back at the top of practice timesheets in this weekend’s Hungarian GP, I dusted off my copy of Lew...
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Book Review
Book Review: Little People, Big Dreams – Lewis Hamilton by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Back in 2020, I posted a review of Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara’s children’s book on Ayrton Senna which was part of her popular “Little People, Big Dreams” biography series for little ones. Well, she has ... -
Book Review
Book review: Lewis Hamilton – The Definitive Biography by Frank Worrall
While Lewis’ record 104th pole last weekend in Hungary proved to be a bit of a false dawn for the race, his fans are hoping Mercedes’ development of next year’s W15 will give him the car to resume his head on ... -
Book Review
Book review: Lewis Hamilton – Through the Lens by Bruce Hales-Dutton
Considering Sir Lewis Hamilton has clocked up 7 world titles equaling Michael Schumacher, it’s amazing that there are less books about Lewis compared to the German weltmeister. Maybe it’s that books are less popular... -
Book Review
Book Review: The Mechanic by Marc ‘Elvis’ Priestley
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a F1 book that I couldn’t put down and powered through in less than a weekend. Although it was published in 2018, I only recently managed to pick up a copy of former McLaren mechanic (now F... -
Book Review
Book Review: Lewis Hamilton Formula One World Champion by Bruce Jones
After taking the 2014 title, Lewis is probably at the height of his powers. Hard to believe its took him 6 years to win his 2nd championship since 2008 (Fernando are you still counting?) Bruce Jones’ “Lewis Hamilton... -
Book Review
Book Review: Lewis Hamilton – the full story by Mark Hughes
With the strength of the Merc works team in testing so far, Lewis is certainly shaping up as one of the frontrunners for the 2014 title. Bernie Ecclestone has tipped his stablemate Nico Rosberg for the title, so I dug up Mark H... -
Book Review
Book Review: Lewis Hamilton “My Story” Special Celebration Edition
The McLaren Prodigy With the driver market focus on whether Lewis Hamilton will stay with McLaren in 2013 and with McLaren back at the top of practice timesheets in this weekend’s Hungarian GP, I dusted off my copy of Lew...
Recent Diecast Reviews
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Diecast Review: Minichamps Williams FW14B 1:18 World Champions Edition
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Diecast Review: Looksmart 1:43 scale Charles Leclerc 2022 Ferrari F1-75
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Diecast review: Sparky 1:64 scale 2022 Mercedes AMG W13 Lewis Hamilton
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Review: Max Verstappen 2022 helmet 1:2 scale replica
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Diecast review: Spark 1:64 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing RB18
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Diecast review: Tarmac Works 1:64 scale Mercedes AMG W12 Lewis Hamilton (2021 British GP) and Valtteri Bottas (2021 Turkish GP)
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Minichamps re-releasing World Champions Collections 1:18 diecasts
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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)
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Book
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...
Blog Posts
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
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
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, 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 ...
Blog Posts
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
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...
Book
May 1 rolls around again and as always on this anniversary, F1 fans remember the great Ayrton Senna da Silva. I’ve managed to post reviews of many Senna books on the site but somehow have yet to post a review of this one. Putti...
