In the Spotlight this week:
Latest Posts
Book
As we head into next weekend’s Monaco GP, there will no doubt be a re-examination of Checo v Max recriminations during last year’s qualifying session. For the tifosi, hopefully Charles can finally shake his hoodoo a...
Diecast models
Minichamps are finally starting to (slowly) release some of their much anticipated 1:18 World Champions Collections diecasts of Lewis Hamilton, Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna race cars (some of which are re-releases). If you...
Book
Netflix’s Drive to Survive documentary series has brought in a whole new demographic to Formula 1 – a new younger generation of F1 fan that is super knowledgable about driver personalties but not very knowledgeable ...
Diecast models
A few months back, I posted a detailed review of Tarmac Works’ excellent 1:64 scale model of Lando Norris’ McLaren MCL35M 2021 Monaco GP race car. Tarmac Works (again with IXO) have now added another F1 diecast to t...
Book
This weekend’s Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit marks the 37th modern FIA Formula 1 grand prix race in Australia (the earliest official Grand Prix was hosted back in 1920s). I’ve previously posted reviews of books on the A...
Diecast models
While flicking through some old 1970’s Marvel comics (1972 issue of Black Panther Jungle Action to be exact), I stumbled across an old print advertisement for Corgi Toy’s F1 diecasts which included the Ferrari 312B,...
Blog Posts
The resurgent Fernando Alonso’s podium at this weekend’s 2023 Bahrain GP is perhaps proof that the elder statesmen of F1 (along with Lewis and Checo) are still in very competitive form. In the diecast model space, t...
Book
As pre-season testing concludes with question marks over the new McLaren MCL60, McLaren fans might be pining again for the glory days of past McLaren championship cars like the MP4/23, MP4/13 and the legendary MP4/4. Fans of th...
Diecast models
Belated happy new year to everyone! Apologies, it’s been a few months since my last post due to being sidelined with lots of distractions (including covid) but I’ve got some good posts and content for F1-nut.com lin...
