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Happy birthday Bernie! With F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone’s closed door commercial dealings in the spotlight yet again with German bank BayernLB trying to raid some loose change from Bernie’s cash register, it’s a good time t...

 
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Just saw the news on the Formula 1 website (link) about the launch of a new F1 photo album book ‘Zoom: Through the Eyes of Formula 1‘ for a London hospital charity. The book will be a 104 page hardcover book contain...

 
 
 
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A few months ago, I reviewed Rainer Schlegelmilch’s little Ferrari book “F1errari”.  One of Rainier’s earlier Ferrari books is Ferrari Formula 1. There are 2 editions of this book, one with a cover of Schumacher in the 1996 F31...

 
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There have been times when I will flip a coin to decide which book in my collection to review or maybe a current news item might make me search for a book on a specific driver or team. With much of the media speculation about t...

 
 
 
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Time for a random book review. Like many F1 fans, Gilles Villeneuve was one of my favorite drivers. Some time ago I picked up an Italian book on Gilles, “Gilles Fra Mito e Legenda” (English translation – the myth and legend of ...

 
 
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Book Review: Honda 300 Grands Prix

 
 
 
 
 
 
October 11, 2012
 



With the media stirring (somewhat optimistic) rumors about Honda coming back to F1 after 2014, as a Honda fan this is exciting. There several good Honda F1 books like Christopher Hilton’s “Conquest of Formula 1” (which I will g...

 
 
 
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Sebastian Vettel’s 34th career pole at Suzuka in such a short space of time reminds me of a lot of the dominance Ayrton Senna had on pole position. Senna and Suzuka were always an awesome combination and it made me to re-read m...

 
Diecast models
 

At the top end of the F1 diecast replica models would be Amalgam Collection – their mainstream F1 diecasts are in 1:8 scale and they also produce 1:5 and 1:12 scales. Amalgam models come with high end price tags too, the ...

 
 
 
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Even though Michael Schumacher has clocked up 7 Formula One titles and is still (at least this year) grand prix racing at the youthful age of 43, Juan Manuel Fangio is the real benchmark for mature age drivers. I bought Fangio ...