Posts Tagged ‘Lewis Hamilton’
Diecast models
Review: Spark 1:5 F1 helmet replica – Lewis Hamilton 2020 Turkish GP helmet
While Lewis Hamilton has varied his race helmet over his career (and even during his time with Mercedes), his recent black and purple 2020 season helmet (designed by Lewis’ helmet designer since 2017, Rai Caldato) was str...
Book
Book review: Lewis Hamilton – Through the Lens by Bruce Hales-Dutton
Considering Sir Lewis Hamilton has clocked up 7 world titles equaling Michael Schumacher, it’s amazing that there are less books about Lewis compared to the German weltmeister. Maybe it’s that books are less popular...
Book
Book Review: The Mechanic by Marc ‘Elvis’ Priestley
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a F1 book that I couldn’t put down and powered through in less than a weekend. Although it was published in 2018, I only recently managed to pick up a copy of former McLaren mechanic (now F...
Diecast models
What are recent F1 world champions (diecast) cars worth?
Typically diecast models of world championship winning cars (along with the random unusual or limited run cars e.g. Haas VF16 Grosjean Minichamps) retain or increase in value – collectors all know Senna, Schumacher, Lauda...
Diecast models
1:43 Diecast Review: Mercedes W05 Minichamps Mercedes Dealer Edition
Since their McLaren partnership days, Mercedes have produced (with the help of Minichamps) a special 1:43 scale production run of their F1 cars for their dealers. The packaging and display cases are bigger than the normal Minic...
Book
Book Review: Lewis Hamilton Formula One World Champion by Bruce Jones
After taking the 2014 title, Lewis is probably at the height of his powers. Hard to believe its took him 6 years to win his 2nd championship since 2008 (Fernando are you still counting?) Bruce Jones’ “Lewis Hamilton...
