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This panoramic overview offers race fans a look back at the highest echelon of motor sports, from the last years of the 19th century to the colorful and sophisticated spectacle that is modern Formula 1. Two hundred fifty rare or seldom-seen photographs depict 100 years of the sport's most significant cars, drivers and races, in support of classic contemporary writing about Grand Prix racing.
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Controversy still reigns as to who was responsible for the birth of the motor car, but certainly the technical pioneers were Germans Benz and Daimler. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unsupercharged cars, tyre trouble, twisty section, turbocharged cars, grand prix racing, starting money, ignition trouble, lap record, gearbox trouble, flag win, chequered flag, practice crash, sixth lap, fastest lap, first grand prix, racing department, sports car race, streamlined car, tubular chassis, motor racing, minor races, fine victory, tyre burst, starting grid, road circuit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alfa Romeo, Auto Union, Nigel Snowdon, Stirling Moss, United States, Watkins Glen, Colin Chapman, Grands Prix, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Targa Florio, Coppa Acerbo, International Trophy, Jack Brabham, Niki Lauda, Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Enzo Ferrari, John Surtees, Cyril Posthumus, Achille Varzi, Giancarlo Baghetti, Mille Miglia, Reg Parnell, Ronnie Peterson New!
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Controversy still reigns as to who was responsible for the birth of the motor car, but certainly the technical pioneers were Germans Benz and Daimler. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unsupercharged cars, tyre trouble, twisty section, turbocharged cars, grand prix racing, starting money, ignition trouble, lap record, gearbox trouble, flag win, chequered flag, practice crash, sixth lap, fastest lap, first grand prix, racing department, sports car race, streamlined car, tubular chassis, motor racing, minor races, fine victory, tyre burst, starting grid, road circuit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alfa Romeo, Auto Union, Nigel Snowdon, Stirling Moss, United States, Watkins Glen, Colin Chapman, Grands Prix, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Targa Florio, Coppa Acerbo, International Trophy, Jack Brabham, Niki Lauda, Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Enzo Ferrari, John Surtees, Cyril Posthumus, Achille Varzi, Giancarlo Baghetti, Mille Miglia, Reg Parnell, Ronnie Peterson New!
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- Monaco Grand Prix by Jetty St. John on 4 pages
- Grand Prix by Trevor R. Griffiths on page 85, page 96, and page 112
- Rob Walker by Evans Cooper on page 149, page 151, and page 159
- Stirling Moss: My Cars, My Career by Stirling Moss on page 140
- Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver by Gerald Donaldson on page 241
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