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Summary: 50 years of magic!
Review: Comprehensive but not exhaustive review of the 1st 50 years of the sport.Loads of fabulous photos I never saw before. The 60's are especially well covered. Very good year by year synopses, plus insightful re-caps of the decades written by such greats as John Surtees. I cannot put this book down!
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Summary: A Very Good Book on the History of F1 Racing . . .but. . .
Review: This is one of the few books in the book store which tells you how it all started back in 1950. You can find a lot of rare F1 photographs (B/W and Colour) from 1950 to 1999 in this book. For each year's championship, there is about 1 to 2 pages of text depicting the highlights of that year. All in all, I found this a very good book. Whether you are a F1 fan or not, you will enjoy reading it. Unfortunately, I also bought "Autocourse : 50 Years of World Championship Grand Prix Motor Racing" by Alan Henry and I gave that book 5+ stars. In most parts, these two books are on par but on subjective preferences, I found the photographs in Alan's book more attractive and give more depth into F1. If you are a serious F1 fan and your buget allows, get both books. If you have to pick just one due to whatever reason, I'll recommend Alan Henry's over Bruce Jones'. Sorry Bruce!!
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Summary: A Very Good Book on the History of F1 Racing . . .but. . .
Review: This is one of the few books in the book store which tells you how it all started back in 1950. You can find a lot of rare F1 photographs (B/W and Colour) from 1950 to 1999 in this book. For each year's championship, there is about 1 to 2 pages of text depicting the highlights of that year. All in all, I found this a very good book. Whether you are a F1 fan or not, you will enjoy reading it. Unfortunately, I also bought "Autocourse : 50 Years of World Championship Grand Prix Motor Racing" by Alan Henry and I gave that book 5+ stars. In most parts, these two books are on par but on subjective preferences, I found the photographs in Alan's book more attractive and give more depth into F1. If you are a serious F1 fan and your buget allows, get both books. If you have to pick just one due to whatever reason, I'll recommend Alan Henry's over Bruce Jones'. Sorry Bruce!!
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Summary: a must-read for the F1 fan, less one star for bias
Review: This is overall a very good and comprehensive history of the past 50 years in F1. In a year-by-year fashion the reader is able to follow how the world's fastest sport has evolved. A fascinating read in general and a must for every true F1 fan. Every decade is covered by a different expert guest writer, all of them great past and current champions of the sport, and this adds personal color, but also bias. David Coulthard of the McLaren-Mercedes Team covers the 90ies and of course gives his very personal perspective on the most recent seasons. The downside of the guest-writer format is a general loss in homogeneity that can't be avoided with this system. While the pictures are carefully selected and in part very stunning and excellent, some true gems of the past are sorely missed. It is very, very clear that this is a british book, and some of the other great European and South American drivers are not covered in as much depth.
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