AUTOCOURSE 50 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING
Written by Alan Henry
Published by Hazleton Publishing
in 2000
ISBN: 1874557780
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AUTOCOURSE 50 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 2140147
1st.
2000.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than 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. ISBN: 1874557780. SIGNED by photographer Bernard Cahier with lengthy inscription to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks, rear panel is lightly scuffed.
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AUTOCOURSE 50 YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING
Written by Alan Henry.
Stock no. 815722
1st.
2000.
Hardback.
Large format.
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. ISBN: 1874557780. Boards clean. Corners and top of spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge-creased and lightly faded to spine, rear panel lightly scuffed.
Front cover
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