Autocourse 2003-2004 (Autocourse: The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual) [Hardcover]

Alan Henry (Author)

Book Description

Series: Autocourse: The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual | Publication Date: January 26, 2004

The 53rd edition of the world's best-established grand prix annual remains true to its core values: a comprehensive and expertly compiled review of the F1 season coupled with brief synopses of all the world's major motor racing series, from F3000, to F3, from GT to Touring car racing and the American scene, plus an international results round-up and images from the best photographers. Features the eagerly awaited 'top ten' drivers rating, team-by-team guide and comprehensive Grand Prix statistics and results. Widely considered the 'bible' of Formula 1.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; 1st edition (January 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903135206
• ISBN-13: 978-1903135204
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,538,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Par for the course..., March 10, 2004

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Jared M (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Autocourse 2003-2004 (Autocourse: The World's Leading Grand Prix Annual) (Hardcover)

Another year, another Autocourse Annual. While in recent years, my usual anticipation of recieving my Autocourse has receded somewhat, due to what I feel is lower quality product than in past years and superior annuals from other publishers, this year was a little different. This stems from the fact that earlier this year I purchased the F1 Annual-The Season, the latest effort from Bernie Ecclestone's mob. In stark contrast to the F1 annuals of 2001 and 2002, the 2003 edition was extremely disappointing. Since then I have heard that Ecclestone has shut down his F1 magazine (on which the F1 annual is based) so it's probably unlikely we will see another edition of the F1 annual.

So unlike past years, I was actually looking forward to getting my Autocourse. Having now recieved after my first order went missing in the post (Amazon resent the entire order with absolutely no hassles! Good on you Amazon), I can say that Autocourse is easily the superior product of the two. As usual it has the Editors top 10 drivers, always a source of contention amongst F1 fans, the teams review (much better than F1 Annual this year although I wish Autocourse would take on board what F1 Annual did in 2001/2002 in this area) as well as the race coverage. Photography is excellent as always (Darren Heath is now onboard as chief photographer). The results pages (far, far superior to F1 annual this year) has been spruced up with nice graphics displaying the qualifying positions, but if I have a gripe with Autocourse this year, it is that they changed the format a little halfway through the year by starting to include the 2nd practice times from saturday midway through the year instead of from the start. A very minor point though. For 2003 however, there probably is'nt a superior annual of the Formula One season than Autocourse, and it sure spanks F1 Annual this year, but that is more to the poor editoral content of F1 Annual than any improvement from Hazelton.

So all in all, Autocourse for 2003 is much the same as 2002 and 2001 and... you get the picture.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great F1 Book., October 2, 2006

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Larry Ortiz "Larry996" (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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Great pictures and commentary. Great coffee table book. Tons of stats and info. on F1 teams and drivers. I bought 2000-2001 through 2004-2005. I've enjoyed these books and look forward to buying future and some older issues.

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT BOOK! LOTS PICTURES!, January 31, 2007

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THIS IS TOTALLY FOR THE HARDCORE F1 FANS. THERES SOOOO MUCH MORE PICTURES THAN THE OFFICIAL FORMULA YEARBOOKS! I LOVE THIS ONE, THEY HAVE MROE PIXXS AND IN DEPTH TEHCNICAL REVIEWS ON THE CARS AND TEAMS AND SEASON.