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The Complete Book of Formula One (Complete Book Series)

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This book is truly worth it. It is a nice coffee table book that you would want to have if you are a real motor racing enthusiast (it's a bit heavy though).
It features (or it tries to feature) all the cars that the teams used from 1950 to 2002. Really spectacular! A must buy book for any Formula One fan. The downside of this book is that there are only a few writeups per year of formula one. More pictures, nice to look at when you're sipping coffee or tea

I bought this book based on the "Complete" description. Yes, it does have hundreds of shots of cars throughout the history of the modern era of Formula 1 (1950-2007). Unfortunately, many of these images are of marginal quality or have been seen over and over in other publications. Granted, it is primarily a book of photographs, but I am particularly disappointed in the writing that accompanies each year's chapter. For example, the most recent season (2007) is reviewed in typical British tabloid-style about the McLaren cheating scandal. The verdict has long been in and I don't want to read that it was "circumstantial evidence" that caused poor McLaren to get kicked out of the constructor's championship and penalized with the $100,000,000 fine. McLaren's paying of Ferrari's legal fees (and more) as well as making a public apology pretty much puts paid to the "circumstantial" claim. Anyway, if you want to see a thumbnail photo of (nearly) every F1 car ever raced, this is your book. If you want a "Complete" book of Formula One, look elsewhere.

If you really miss the good days of F-1, this is a great book to learn, to enjoy, to discuss, to dream, to get back in time, to smile, to think....

Great book, a must-buy for every F-1 fan. Nascar, CART, Indy fans should stay away from it. They wouldn't understand it.

I suggest the works of Mike Lawrence ( a great seasoned English journalist, specialist --oh god-- in Shakespeare and F-1) if you want to go deeper in F-1.

I bought this book for a friend for Christmas. He absolutely loved it. It gives a comprehensive view of Formula One from its inception. I recommend it for any Formula One enthusiast.

This book was old and dated. Did not come with glossy cover as pictured. Only went up to the year 2002.

My plan for this book was to use it as a reference tool while watching races. Unfortunately, the book fails in this regard. It does not have an index or glossary to look up drivers/constructors/races. The photos (there are many and they are nicely done) and results are listed chronologically but this is cumbersome when trying to look for something when you don't have all of the information (e.g., year/race/driver). This book succeeds as coffee table filler but not much else.

I am not a formula one fan, but its rellay impresive book, with lots of interesting and amazing facts, stories and pics abour F1.

Good quality of text and photos. Perharp I'd like more information about circuits