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Di Spires Senna DeAngelis
Di Spires Senna DeAngelis
Di Spires Senna DeAngelis

After the review of “I Just Made the Tea” featured in the previous post, F1-nut.com had the opportunity to pose a few quick questions to the book’s author, Di Spires about some of her experiences with drivers ...

 
 
Book
 
I Made the Tea Book cover
I Made the Tea Book cover
I Made the Tea Book cover

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...

 
 
 
Book
 

Is the new Mexico GP track better than the old circuit layout of the late 80’s/early 90’s which Nigel Mansell famously passed Gerhard Berger on the outside of the Peralta curve at 190+mph? One things for sure is tha...

 
Diecast models
 
AutoArt 1:18 exoto
AutoArt 1:18 exoto
AutoArt 1:18 exoto

I received an email question from a reader asking about display cases for 1:18 scale diecasts. As all collectors know, 1:18 scale models and larger take up shelf space and if you accumulate more than a few, you quick run into d...

 
 
 
Book
 
Formula 1 1950-today Schlegelmilch book cover
Formula 1 1950-today Schlegelmilch book cover
Formula 1 1950-today Schlegelmilch book cover

This excellent Schlegelmilch and Lebhrink photobook published in 2005 probably sits in between two other Schlegelmilch books Fascination Formula One and 50 Years of Formula One. Yes, it does include several repeat photos from h...

 
 
Book
 
Formula One Circuits from Above book cover
Formula One Circuits from Above book cover
Formula One Circuits from Above book cover

Suzuka is such a beautiful circuit with its unique curves and figure 8 layout. A book that uses Google Earth aerial photos to map F1 circuits is Bruce Jones’ “F1 Circuits from Above”. This landscape format har...

 
 
 
Book
 
Auto Union V16 book cover
Auto Union V16 book cover
Auto Union V16 book cover

The rumours of Audi making a return to F1 with Red Bull have probably now been doused by the likely heavy financial cost of parent VW’s diesel emission scandal. Mercedes have been romping home this year on the back of their V6 ...

 
Diecast models
 

For those that are interested, the 2nd Minichamps diecast and resin catalogs for 2015 can be seen online. Aside from this seasons cars, the interesting F1 resins for 2015 (re-badged Sparks) are: Red Bull 2015 RB11 pre-season te...

 
 
Diecast models
 

I received an email from a reader in Singapore asking about the various F1 world championship winning cars available in diecast (or resin for Spark models). Seems like this would be something useful to share with other collecto...