F1 reviews archive
“The Science of Formula 1 Design” by David Tremayne (Book review)
With the launch season almost upon us it was quite timely that I received an updated copy of “The Science of Formula 1 Design” (though not timely enough to help with writing Five problems F1 designers face in 2010 earlier this week).
The third edition of David Tremayne’s technical guide to F1 offers a clear yet [...]
“Legendary race cars” (Book review)
Given that I reviewed a new book on Stirling Moss the other day it’s appropriate I should turn to “Legendary race cars” next as he supplies the forward forit.
As the title gives away the book picks out 25 of the greatest racing cars in the opinion of author Basem Wasef, who’s written a similar book [...]
“The Brawn Story” (Book review)
There’s no shortage of books on the new world champions – as well as the official Jenson Button book we have this offering from Christopher Hilton plus another from Alan Henry (not yet reviewed).
This book (and the others) hit the shelves around the same time Brawn announced it was turning into Mercedes and Button was [...]
“Stirling Moss: All my races” (Book review)
Whether it’s Felipe Massa racing karts in Brazil during the off-season or Robert Kubica sampling a rally car, it’s always great to see Grand Prix drivers tackling different categories.
A pity it happens so infrequently. In the early years of the championship F1 drivers regularly entered different disciplines in between Grands Prix – sometimes even on [...]
Jenson Button: My championship year (Book review)
Of the glut of books which have appeared on the subject of Britain’s other F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton, the authorised biography was one of the less interesting efforts.
The official word on Jenson Button’s extraordinary championship-winning season promises a more personal angle incorporating his race-by-race notes on the season and even text messages from his friends [...]
Official F1 annuals reviewed
One of my favourite books when I was growing up was “In the driving seat” – a book about F1 racing tracks by Derek Allsop with quotes from Nigel Mansell in it. I learned the track layouts and got my first glimpse of the strange-looking cars of decades past.
The young fans of today are the [...]
“Williams” (Maurice Hamilton, 2009)
lthough it’s five years since Williams last won a Grand Prix, and 12 since their last championship triumph, it still feels odd not to see their blue-and-white cars regularly at the sharp end of a race. By which I mean leading it by upwards of half a minute.
That was what I got used to growing [...]
“Senna versus Prost” – read the review and win one of six copies
e’ve already had one new book on Ayrton Senna
to mark the 15th anniversary of his death – and here’s another.
But this one has a twist. Written after discussions with Alain Prost, “Senna versus Prost” tells the story of their infamous rivalry which dominated F1 from the moment they became team mates in 1988, until Prost’s [...]
“Ayrton Senna: An interactive voyage” (Christopher Hilton, 2009)
If there’s one thing my bookshelf isn’t short of it’s Ayrton Senna biographies. So what’s the cause for this new title as the 15th anniversary of Senna’s untimely passing approaches?
The idea behind this book, and the reason behind that “interactive voyage” tag, is that as well as a biography you get copies of various interesting [...]
2008 F1 official DVD season review: “Luck does not come into it”
he 2008 F1 season review DVD has a lot of action to pack in and so, for the first time ever, it has been released as a two-disc set.
The quality of the footage is usually excellent on theses DVDs – have FOM kept that up while fixing the niggling faults that have afflicted recent F1 [...]
