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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...

 
 
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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...

 
 
 
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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...

 
 
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adriane my life with ayrton book cover
adriane my life with ayrton book cover
adriane my life with ayrton book cover

Adriane Galisteu’s book ‘My Life with Ayrton‘ when it was published in 1994 after the death of the great Brazilian caused a few waves at the time. It’s also one of the few F1 books I’m aware of tha...

 
 
 
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Jochen Rindt biograpy book cover
Jochen Rindt biograpy book cover
Jochen Rindt biograpy book cover

On the Formula 1 official website, Sebastian Vettel nominated Jochen Rindt as one driver for his all dream team. The only posthumous F1 world champion, Rindt is a driver that features heavily in the stories of Jackie Stewart, T...

 
 
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Mark Webber Aussie Grit book cover
Mark Webber Aussie Grit book cover
Mark Webber Aussie Grit book cover

When Mark Webber retired from F1 in 2013, many of his fans were hopeful of eventually getting the inside story on Red Bull, the in-team scraps with Sebastian Vettel and the infamous Multi 21 incident during the 2013 Malaysian G...