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Some of you may be familiar with the photography of Paolo d’Alessio. His book ‘Ayrton Senna’ is part of a series of his books under the Italian publisher Gribaudo that also includes titles on Gilles Villeneuve, MIchael Schumach...

 
 
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With the F1 circus in São Paulo for the final season showdown this weekend, it makes sense to post a few reviews of books on successful drivers from Brazil. There are plenty of Brazilian drivers to choose from and no shortage o...

 
 
 
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No surprise that recent media interviews leading up to the US Grand Prix are reaching for former world champions with US ties like Jacques Villeneuve and of course the legendary Mario Andretti. Over the years, I have collected ...

 
 
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With this weekend’s upcoming return of the United States Grand Prix to the F1 calendar in Austin, its interesting to reflect on previous eras of US GPs with Indianapolis in the early 2000s, Watkins Glen in the 70s and of course...

 
 
 
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With his maiden win for Lotus (or is that Renault?) in Abu Dhabi, Kimi Räikkönen brings back memories of another former hard charging Scandinavian Lotus driver, Ronnie Peterson. Memories of Ronnie Peterson was put together

 
 
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Another book review dusted off from the vault. A lot of the modern day debate is whether the current grid’s world champions Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton, Button, Räikkönen (BTW, nice comeback win in Abu Dahbi) and Hamilton are wort...

 
 
 
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My last post on the Williams FW14 diecast comparison, reminded me of a very nice cut-away drawing in Anthony Howard’s “Behind the Scenes in Motoring Racing”.  This old 1992 book is showing its age but is still relevant today. I...

 
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In the 1:18 scale pre-assembled grand prix model car category, most collectors are usually faced with a choice between Exoto, CMC, Quartzo or Minichamps. I thought a Minichamps vs Exoto review might be useful to do as these are...