Grand Prix Yesterday And Today

Author: Bruce Jones

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Price : $10.00 AUD
ISBN : 9781847325921
Publisher : Carlton Books Ltd
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Publication date : 01 September 2010
Dimensions : 216mm X 280mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Pages : 192
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Offers a celebration of motor racing. This book helps F1 fans to see how much things have technically changed over the years but paradoxically how many of the fundamentals of motor racing have remained unaltered.

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Bruce Jones is former editor of Autosport magazine. As well as being author of the highly successful annual ITV Sport Grand Prix Guide, he contributes to many motor sport magazines and broadcasts on A1 Grand Prix racing for the sport's official cable TV channel. He lives in London. Regarded as the best driver never to win the formula One World Championship, Sir Stirling Moss OBE is one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. Known during his season as 'Mr Motor Racing', he remains one of the most famous and respected names in motor sport.

Drivers: Victory waves; Podium celebrations; Team talks; Hitching a lift; Recovering in hospital; Signing for a new team; Funerals & Monuments. Cars and Equipment: Exhaust pipes; Tyres; Cockpits; Steering wheels; Race suits; New cars. Trackside: On the grid; In the pit garage; In the pit lane; In the paddock. Fans: Monaco yachts; Pit babes; Royalty; Celebrities; Tifosi; Traffic jams. Rest of the Crew: Bosses; Patriarchs; Designers; Engineers; Mechanics; Physios; Medics; Photographers. Life in the Fast Lane: Race starts; Pit stops; Crashes; Rescues; Rounding a hairpin; Overtaking; Safety car; Pit boards; Black flag; Chequered flag; Laps of honour.