What is the fastest corner in the world? Where will you find Maternity Bend? What g-force is experienced around Monza¹s Parabolica? World Motor Racing Circuits answers these questions and many more in an illustrated tour of 72 of the most important motor racing venues in the world. Readers are offered insights into the challenges faced by the drivers, the atmosphere at the great events, and the heroes of the past who inspired the drivers of today. Entries on all current circuits include track plans, major incidents, gear and speed data, race-result tables, and elevation changes around the track. In addition, entries on 20 selected tracks include three-dimensional views, historical track changes, driver profiles, greatest races, and championship form guides to the top drivers.

World Motor Racing Circuits

Sports & Outdoors

Higham, Peter

Jones, Bruce

Miscellaneous

Carlton Books Ltd.

The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing: A Complete Reference from Formula One to Touring Cars

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Motorbooks Intl

The Guinness Book of International Motor Racing

Guinness World Records Ltd.

This remarkable work of unprecedented scale, presented in three volumes within a slipcase, outlines the lives and achievements of 2,500 racing drivers from all eras and all parts of the world. The result of many years of endeavor by a dedicated author, this mighty publication contains nearly a million words along with a comprehensive array of high-quality portrait photographs of the drivers described, in color where possible, together with key biographical information and successes. This magnificent encyclopaedia breaks new ground in motor racing research and will be treasured by anyone interested in the history of the sport.

World Encyclopaedia of Racing Drivers: The definitive reference to the lives and achievements of 2,500 international racing drivers

Biographies & Memoirs

Haynes Publishing, UK

Includes coverage from all major international races, from the first organised event in 1894 to the present day.

International Motor Racing Guide: A Complete Reference from Formula One to Nascar

David Bull Pub

The World Encyclopaedia of Racing Drivers is a remarkable work of unprecedented scale that charts the lives and achievements of over 2,500 racing drivers from 1894 to the present day, from all eras and countries. As well as featuring the many great champions who have graced the world's circuits, this three-volume set also highlights numerous obscure and little-known characters who have made the sport so compelling. The result of many years of endeavor by a dedicated author, this work breaks new ground in motor racing research and will be treasured by anyone interested in the history of the sport.Highlights include...- Containing nearly a million words, this is a biographical reference, a reliable source of statistics, a diverse collection of portrait photographs and a mine of factual information.- Each entry includes key race and championship wins alongside biographical information.- Every driver to have featured in the Formula 1 World Championship, as well as pre-war Grand Prix stars.- Le Mans 24 Hours: coverage of all top-five finishers since 1949 and top-three finishers in pre-war contests.- Indianapolis 500: coverage of all top-five finishers, including relief drivers.- Champcar and Indycar: coverage of all top-three finishers since 1979 and winners of races before that date.- Winners of races and champions in NASCAR, Can-Am (1966â??74), IMSA, American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am, plus in addition overall champions in F5000, Indy Lights, Touring cars and Trans-Am.- The unheralded characters play their part: a racing suicide, drug-running, industrial espionage, an elopement in a race-winning car, film stars in racing.

World Encyclopaedia of Racing Drivers - 3 Volume Set: The definitive reference to the lives and achievements of 2,500 international racing drivers

Evro Publishing Limited

This book is the first in a multi-volume, decade-by-decade series covering the entire history of Formula 1 through its teams and cars. The series launches with the 1960s, when the British came to predominate after the rule of Italian and German manufacturers in the previous decade. All ten World Champions of the decade came from the English-speaking world - Britain, the USA, Australia and New Zealand - and most of the successful cars were British-built too, from Cooper, BRM, Lotus and Brabham. This was an era when small teams and privateers were involved in significant numbers and they are all covered, all the way to the most obscure and unsuccessful. This book shines new light on many areas of the sport and will be treasured by all Formula 1 enthusiasts.
Year-by-year treatment covers each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams - and their various cars - in order of importance.
Works teams form the core of the book: BRM, Ferrari and Lotus participated throughout the decade, while Cooper, Porsche, Honda, Brabham, Eagle, McLaren and Matra were the other winning marques.
Privateer teams in all their colourful diversity are a special dimension of this book, topped by Rob Walker Racing, the finest privateer operation in Formula 1 history, and a winner in this decade with Stirling Moss and Jo Siffert.
Privateers range from well-known names to one-race wonders long forgotten by even the most dedicated enthusiasts.
Over 400 photos - in colour wherever possible - show every type of car raced by every team, presenting a comprehensive survey of all participants.
The sweep of the decade covers rapid technical development, including monocoque chassis, ever-wider tyres and aerodynamic wings.
Detailed text includes car specifications and technical essentials.

Formula 1: Car by Car 1960-69: 1960-69 (Formula 1 CBC)

This book is the second in a multi-volume, decade-by-decade series covering the entire history of Formula 1 through its teams and cars. This instalment examines the 1970s, when the sport gained big new sponsors and grew into a television spectacle, with battles between Ferrari and Cosworth-powered opposition a continuing theme. As well as the big championship-winning teams--Lotus, Ferrari, McLaren and Tyrrell--this was a period when small teams and privateers continued to be involved in significant numbers and they are all included, down to the most obscure and unsuccessful. This book shines new light on many areas of the sport and will be treasured by all Formula 1 enthusiasts.

Formula 1: Car by Car 1970-79: Formula 1: Car by Car (Formula 1 CBC)

This book is the third in Evro’s multi-volume, decade-by-decade series covering the entire history of Formula 1 through its teams and cars. This installment examines the 1980s, when the sport moved into its spectacular turbo era, first with Renault, Ferrari and BMW-powered Brabham, then with sustained periods of success for McLaren with Porsche-made TAG engines and Williams with Honda power. After the last win for the evergreen Ford Cosworth DFV in 1983, turbos prevailed until regulation change for 1989 brought back normally aspirated engines, now of 3.5 litres. Besides Formula 1’s high achievers, this book also covers the entire supporting cast, where much curiosity lies in discovering the travails of obscure and unsuccessful cars. This wide-ranging, colorful and authoritative book will be treasured by all Formula 1 fans.
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<li>Year-by-year treatment covers each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams — and their various cars — in order of importance.</li>
<li>Two teams dominated the decade, McLaren and Williams taking all but two of the drivers’ and constructors’ titles: McLaren’s World Champions were Niki Lauda (1984), Alain Prost (1985, 1986 and 1989) and Ayrton Senna (1988), while Williams’s were Alan Jones (1980), Keke Rosberg (1982) and Nelson Piquet (1987).</li>
<li>The two other significant winning teams were Brabham, which took Nelson Piquet to two drivers’ titles (1981 and 1983), and Ferrari, which won two constructors’ titles (1982 and 1983).</li>
<li>Other winning marques were Benetton, Ligier, Lotus, Renault and Tyrrell.</li>
<li>Over 600 photos — entirely in color and all from the magnificent archives of LAT Images — show every type of car raced by every team and driver, presenting a comprehensive survey of all participants.</li>
<li>The sweep of the decade covers sustained technical advances, particularly in carbon-fiber construction and ever-increasing power outputs.</li>
<li>Detailed text includes car specifications and technical essentials.</li>
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Formula 1: Car by Car 1980–89: 1980-89 (Formula 1 CBC)

The formative years of the 1950s are explored in this fourth installment of Evro's decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams. When the World Championship was first held in 1950, red Italian cars predominated, from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati, and continued to do so for much of the period. But by the time the decade closed, green British cars were in their ascendancy, first Vanwall and then rear-engined Cooper playing the starring roles, and BRM and Lotus having walk-on parts. As for drivers, one stood out above the others, Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, becoming World Champion five times. Much of the fascination of this era also lies in its numerous privateers and also-rans, all of which receive their due coverage in this complete work. Year-by-year treatment covers each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams -- and their various cars -- in order of importance. Alfa Romeo's supercharged 1½-litre cars dominated the first two years, with titles won by Giuseppe Farina (1950) and Fangio (1951). The new marque of Ferrari steamrollered the opposition in two seasons run to Formula 2 rules (1952-53), Alberto Ascari becoming champion both times, and the same manufacturer took two more crowns with Fangio (1956) and Mike Hawthorn (1958). Maserati's fabulous 250F, the decade's most significant racing car, propelled Fangio to two more of his five championships (1954 and 1957). German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz stepped briefly into Formula 1 (1954-55) and won almost everything with Fangio and up-and-coming Stirling Moss. Green finally beat red when the Vanwalls, driven by Moss and Tony Brooks, won the inaugural constructors' title (1958). Then along came Cooper, rear-engine pioneers, to signpost Formula 1's future when Jack Brabham became World Champion (1959).

Formula 1: Car by Car 1950-59: 1950-59 (Formula 1 CBC)

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