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AUTOCOURSE 50 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING

by Alan Henry

Published by Hazleton Publishing. 1st. 2000

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The story of the globally successful FIA Formula 1 World Championship from its roots before the second world war to the present day. Photography by Bernard Cahier & Paul-Henri Cahier. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 336 pages.

Boards clean. Corners and top of spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge-creased and lightly faded to spine, rear panel lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 1874557780
Stock no. 815722

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Contents

  • Chapter One: BEFORE THE WAR
  • Professor Porsche and the Auto Union
  • Raymond Mays and the Contribution of ERA
  • Great Drivers: Dick Seaman, Bernd Rosemeyer
  • Chapter Two: THE POST-WAR SCENE
  • Jean-Pierre Wimille: France's Uncrowned Champion
  • Chapter Three: ITALIAN MASTERY (1950-53)
  • Giuseppe Farina: The First Champion
  • Juan Manuel Fangio: a tribute by Denis Jenkinson
  • Racing for Britain: The BRM
  • The Saviour of the BRM
  • Enzo Ferrari: F1's Last Loner
  • Chapter Four: THE 2.5-LITRE FORMULA (1954-60).
  • Charles and John Cooper
  • Chapter Five: THE 1.5-LITRE FORMULA (1961-65)
  • Jimmy Clark and Colin Chapman
  • Chapter Six: THE HEYDAY OF THE COSWORTH DFV (1966-74)
  • Safety and Security: The Biggest Leap Forward of All
  • Ken Tyrell: The Great Survivor
  • The Lotus 72: The Most Enduring F1 Car of All Time?
  • Chapter Seven: FERRARI FIGHTS BACK (1975-79)
  • Britain's Lost F1 Generation
  • Lauda Offers an Insight
  • Chapter Eight: THE TURBO WARS (1979-82)
  • Lotus Loses Battle Against FISA
  • Chapter Nine: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM... (1982-87)
  • Senna Win Might Have Helped Prost to '84 Title
  • Nelson Piquet: Brain Baffles Bravado
  • Chapter Ten: SENNA VERSUS PROST (1988-93)
  • Alain Prost: A Glittering Career Tarnished by Controversy
  • Senna on Technique
  • Ayrton Senna: F1's Holy Warrior
  • Nigel Mansell: Britain's Most Successful F1 Driver
  • Chapter Eleven: THE SCHUMACHER YEARS (1994-99)
  • Michael Schumacher: Champion of champions
  • Ron Dennis: Playing the Long Game
  • Tobacco Wars Fund F1 Expansion
  • The Rise of Bernie Ecclestone
  • The Final Word: GRAND PRIX RACING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
  • THE WORLD CHAMPIONS 1950-99
  • GRAND PRIX RESULTS 1950-99

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