Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1, 1950-2000: 50 Years of Formula 1

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Ménard, Pierre

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Constable Pub

<div>Ayrton Senna is widely regarded as the best driver ever. Although he has only been World Champion three times (versus four times for Prost and five times for Fangio and Schumacher), he still holds the world record for pole-positions (65), a true example of his extreme style. This illustrated biography looks back to his childhood in Sao Paolo, his first steps in motor racing and his career in F1.Like the man himself, the book delivers comprehensively what fans of F1 really want. The book features several hundred photographs and a dozen car drawings, as well as interviews of key people related to Senna's career.</div>

F1 Legends: Ayrton Senna

Biographies & Memoirs

CHRONOSPORTS

This book describes Juan-Manuel Fangio's youth in Buenos Aires, his first steps in motor racing in Argentina, and then his move to Europe where he scooped all Formula One honors. Like Fangio himself, this illustrated biography also delivers comprehensive results, featuring several hundred photographs and car drawings. Until last year, Juan-Manuel Fangio was the sole owner of the Formula One World Titles record, winning it a remarkable five times (a record only just now equaled by Michael Schumacher). His unique style is much admired by Schumacher himself, who admits that drivers of the past were in another world.

Juan Manuel Fangio (Formula 1 Legends)

Vassal, Jacques

With 864 pages and over 1200 photos, many of them showing historic moments from the Fifties and Sixties, The Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1 is the most exhaustive work ever published on motor sport's elite category. It includes detailed full color paintings of every car which has regularly raced in the Championship. Team by team, decade by decade, driver by driver, a detailed account of all the events, anecdotes and legends that have made up the 51-year history of F1.

The Great Encyclopedia of Formula One - 2 Volume Boxed Set

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Between 1950 and 1962, Stirling Moss was the reference in terms of driving skill, determination and speed. Throughout his prolific career, Sir Stirling entered 529 races and won 212 of them - in Formula One of course, but also in GT, Touring cars and so on. He raced nearly 100 different cars. This biography comes up with numerous interviews with his relatives and friends, and an interview with Sir Stirling himself. It also comes up with comprehensive statistics on his career and features hundreds of photographs and drawings of all the cars driven by Sir Stirling in Formula One, with detailed four-sides drawing of his two most typical cars.

Stirling Moss: The Champion Without a Crown

Four World Championships, 51 victories, 33 pole positions, plus 41 best laps documented during the races. Alain Prost has become the best example for modern day racing excellence. His methods of understanding the race and the track conditions made him legendary. He was always very quick and capable of managing his career with dexterity, placing himself in the best position to win World Championships. This book is part of the Legends series, a collection of the best and most popular drivers of the Formula One Championship.

Formula 1 Legends: Alain Prost

Sports & Outdoors

Chronosports Editeur

Who would have thought that this shy little Austrian, crumbling under financial debts, would become one of the most celebrated drivers in Formula One history. From competing in World Championships to his tragic accident at the Nurburgring, this book on Niki Lauda's Formula 1 racing career is part of the Legends series, which covers the most exciting and popular drivers in the history of the Formula One Championship.

Formula 1 Legends: Niki Lauda

After Fangio and before Moss, Alberto Ascari was the most exciting driver of the 1950's. This well-rounded little Milanese started racing motorcycles in 1936. A collection of the best and most famous drivers of the Formula One Championship are covered in this fascinating Legend Series title on Alberto Ascari.

Formula 1 Legends: Alberto Ascari

The book in itself is a milestone in motorsport books history. It required 14 years of work from his author, who not only wrote all the texts, but also did more than 400 drawings representing all the cars from all the significant teams having entered the Formula One championship in the past 54 years! This unique feature allows the readers to see at a glance the evolution of all the Williams cars, for instance, since the creation of the team.  This huge and heavy (more than 10 pounds) box, with two volumes in fabric-style covers also features more than 1200 photographs, some of them exclusive from the collection of Bernard Cahier, the famous photographer from the '50s.  In its last section, the book also gives comprehensive results of all the Grands Prix of the history of F1, from 1950 until today. It features all the lap charts of all the races - despite the fact that the FIA (the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) itself thought that these lap charts did not exist before 1958!  This third edition is entirely updated after the end of the 2006 season. Its page layout has also been improved since the first two editions to put more emphasis on the pictures. In France, the book will be published in its fifth edition this year. It won the prestigious award "Grand Prix du Livre" from the Automobile Festival of Chamonix.  

Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1

Roebuck, Nigel

Galeron, Jean Francois

Cahier, Bernard

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