Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Grand Prix Motor... [Hardcover]

Bruce Jones (Author), Damon Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 1996

Foreword by Damon Hill. This top-quality reference covers every aspect of Grand Prix racing, from the start of the modern-day F1 World Championship in 1950 to the present day. Filled with detailed chronicles of the efforts of driving greats Fangio, Moss, Mansell, Senna, Hill and Schumacher, plus season by season accounts with statistics, essential data on the top teams, classic races, the great cars, ground-breaking technology, and the world's top race circuits.

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With an expertly written authoritative text along with a list of race-winners and a comprehensive chronology of Grand Prix racing, this fully illustrated volume is the indispensable guide to the world's highest-octane sport. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Bruce Jones is the former Editor-at-Large for the weekly magazine "Autosport", the acknowledged world authority on motor sport at all levels, from the pinnacle of Formula One to the grass-roots formulae. The author of the best-selling "Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One" & "Fifty Years of the Formula One World Championship", he has contributed to many motor sport books & magazines worldwide, including biographies of Formula One team owners Frank Williams & Colin Chapman. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (November 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760303134
• ISBN-13: 978-0760303139
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #809,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A brazilian point of view., November 26, 1999

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Dr. M. Goncalves (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Grand Prix Motor... (Hardcover)

This is a reasonably good account of F1 history, but too "anglized", as too much emphasis is given to british drivers and teams. Of course F1 has a great deal to do with brits, but we shall never forget the importat roles of the french, germans, japanese and especially italians in the establishment of this important category of grand prix racing. The omissions of brilliant Nelson Piquet - one of the very few drivers ever to win 3 F1 world titles-, and of the geniuos Emerson Fittipaldi - the youngest driver ever to win a F1 world title-, as the best drivers of all times, are unforgivable. Recent F1 history owes much to talented brazilian drivers which are overlooked and not given the deserved credited in this book. Nevertheless still a readable book for grand prix racing fans.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A topical and easy-to-read primer for new F1 fans, November 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Grand Prix Motor... (Hardcover)

This "ultimate" guide to F1 -- featuring a short introduction by Damon Hill -- bills itself as "The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Grand Prix Motor Racing." I think that's an overstatement, but this lightly written volume contains all the statistics and stories one would want, in a non-technical style that makes it a perfect introduction for new Formula One enthusiasts.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction and history, December 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Grand Prix Motor... (Hardcover)

I received The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One for Christmas, and soon found myself reading through the whole thing cover to cover. One of the things that I found lacking was in the teams section, the Beatrice Haas Lola team was absent. Other than this minor omission, it's a great book.