Download or read book World Encyclopaedia of Racing Drivers written by Peter Higham and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable work of unprecedented scale, presented in three volumes within a slipcase, outlines the lives and achievements of 2,500 racing drivers from all eras and all parts of the world. The result of many years of endeavor by a dedicated author, this mighty publication contains nearly a million words along with a comprehensive array of high-quality portrait photographs of the drivers described, in color where possible, together with key biographical information and successes. This magnificent encyclopaedia breaks new ground in motor racing research and will be treasured by anyone interested in the history of the sport.
Download or read book World Encyclopaedia of Racing Drivers 3 Volume Set written by Peter Higham and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Encyclopaedia of Racing Drivers is a remarkable work of unprecedented scale that charts the lives and achievements of over 2,500 racing drivers from 1894 to the present day, from all eras and countries. As well as featuring the many great champions who have graced the world's circuits, this three-volume set also highlights numerous obscure and little-known characters who have made the sport so compelling. The result of many years of endeavor by a dedicated author, this work breaks new ground in motor racing research and will be treasured by anyone interested in the history of the sport. Highlights include... - Containing nearly a million words, this is a biographical reference, a reliable source of statistics, a diverse collection of portrait photographs and a mine of factual information. - Each entry includes key race and championship wins alongside biographical information. - Every driver to have featured in the Formula 1 World Championship, as well as pre-war Grand Prix stars. - Le Mans 24 Hours: coverage of all top-five finishers since 1949 and top-three finishers in pre-war contests. - Indianapolis 500: coverage of all top-five finishers, including relief drivers. - Champcar and Indycar: coverage of all top-three finishers since 1979 and winners of races before that date. - Winners of races and champions in NASCAR, Can-Am (1966–74), IMSA, American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am, plus in addition overall champions in F5000, Indy Lights, Touring cars and Trans-Am. - The unheralded characters play their part: a racing suicide, drug-running, industrial espionage, an elopement in a race-winning car, film stars in racing.
Download or read book Great Racing Drivers of the World written by Hans Tanner and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Formula 1 Car by Car written by Peter Higham and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the second in a multi-volume, decade-by-decade series covering the entire history of Formula 1 through its teams and cars. This instalment examines the 1970s, when the sport gained big new sponsors and grew into a television spectacle, with battles between Ferrari and Cosworth-powered opposition a continuing theme. As well as the big championship-winning teams--Lotus, Ferrari, McLaren and Tyrrell--this was a period when small teams and privateers continued to be involved in significant numbers and they are all included, down to the most obscure and unsuccessful. This book shines new light on many areas of the sport and will be treasured by all Formula 1 enthusiasts.
Download or read book ITV Sport the Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One written by Bruce Jones and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is the ideal guide to Grand Prix racing. Exciting photography alongside the text brings to life everything you need to know about this world of wealth, glamor and cutting-edge technology.
Download or read book Great Racing Drivers written by Doug Nye and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One written by Bruce Jones and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1996 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Racing written by Clive Gifford and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the history of automobile racing; the cars, driving techniques, and rules used in races; and famous racetracks, and profiles sixty of the world's greatest drivers.
Download or read book The Greatest Racing Driver written by Angus Dougall and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who has been the world’s greatest driver, and how do you prove it? With an eye for detail and a flair for storytelling, this book explores motor racing’s rich history in pursuit of the best driver the world has ever seen. Most enthusiasts have a strongly held opinion as to racing’s finest driver over the century of the motor car. By putting aside bias and personal opinion, this book’s exhaustively researched, results-based analysis provides a definitive answer through clear and logical evaluation. These carefully considered, significant statistics, when merged together, reveal with incisive objectivity motor sport’s greatest driver as well as the qualities that define greatness. Contentious? Possibly. Thought-provoking? Definitely. Author Angus Dougall captures many aspects of the motor racing world with a selection of revealing anecdotes on the highlights of racing’s biggest stars, together with stories that bring to life people, places, insider’s opinions of drivers, circuits, constructors, politics, insights, and comments on many of the drivers. For readers wishing to peruse the actual detail, there is a vast array of appendices displaying extensive race results lists, charts on driver performance, and car analysis. Motor racing fans, climb on board and hold on for an intriguing ride to the pinnacle of greatness.
Download or read book World Motor Racing Circuits written by Peter Higham and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than just a topographical description of the 70 or so motor racing tracks around the world, this illustrated guide provides much information on the greatest races, drivers and personalities of world motor sport'
Download or read book Formula 1 Car by Car 1950 59 written by Peter Higham and published by Formula 1 CBC. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formative years of the 1950s are explored in this fourth installment of Evro's decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams. When the World Championship was first held in 1950, red Italian cars predominated, from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati, and continued to do so for much of the period. But by the time the decade closed, green British cars were in their ascendancy, first Vanwall and then rear-engined Cooper playing the starring roles, and BRM and Lotus having walk-on parts. As for drivers, one stood out above the others, Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, becoming World Champion five times. Much of the fascination of this era also lies in its numerous privateers and also-rans, all of which receive their due coverage in this complete work. Year-by-year treatment covers each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams -- and their various cars -- in order of importance. Alfa Romeo's supercharged 11⁄2-litre cars dominated the first two years, with titles won by Giuseppe Farina (1950) and Fangio (1951). The new marque of Ferrari steamrollered the opposition in two seasons run to Formula 2 rules (1952-53), Alberto Ascari becoming champion both times, and the same manufacturer took two more crowns with Fangio (1956) and Mike Hawthorn (1958). Maserati's fabulous 250F, the decade's most significant racing car, propelled Fangio to two more of his five championships (1954 and 1957). German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz stepped briefly into Formula 1 (1954-55) and won almost everything with Fangio and up-and-coming Stirling Moss. Green finally beat red when the Vanwalls, driven by Moss and Tony Brooks, won the inaugural constructors' title (1958). Then along came Cooper, rear-engine pioneers, to signpost Formula 1's future when Jack Brabham became World Champion (1959).
Download or read book 100 Greatest Racing Drivers written by Alan Henry and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Sport written by David Levinson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the wide world of sports, this volume is packed with every conceivable fact that anyone would possibly want to know about nearly 300 sports, including history and practice worldwide.
Download or read book World s Great Race Drivers written by F. Orr and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Formula 1 Car by Car 2000 09 written by Peter Higham and published by Evro Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evro's decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams moves into the new millennium. The first half of the decade brought the strongest domination in F1's history from Michael Schumacher and Ferrari, with five consecutive drivers' and constructors' titles. Then came a changing of the guard when young new stars -- Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button -- claimed championships. Teams also reshuffled in the decade's second half, as Renault and McLaren prospered again, and newcomers like Brawn and Red Bull came through, although major manufacturers such as Toyota and Jaguar always struggled. As ever, the cars became faster and technology moved on apace, such that regulations had to be tightened to rein them in, bringing smaller engines in 2006 and considerable aerodynamic constraint in 2009. F1 extended its worldwide reach with new races in Bahrain, China, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Year-by-year treatment explores each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams -- and their various cars -- in championship order. Ferrari: Michael Schumacher finally delivered Ferrari's first drivers' title for 21 years in 2000 and reigned supreme for four more years, culminating with an unprecedented 13 wins in 2004; another title followed in 2007 for Kimi Räikkönen. Renault: after taking over Benetton, Renault broke Ferrari's grip when, in 2005, Fernando Alonso became the youngest champion the sport had seen, and repeated his success the following year. McLaren-Mercedes: the team won races throughout the decade but 2008 was the big season with Lewis Hamilton's title, a year after 'Spygate' inflicted a record $100 million fine and exclusion from the constructors' championship. Brawn: arising from the ashes of Honda's withdrawal, Ross Brawn's eponymous team was a one-year wonder that gave the decade a feel-good finale when Jenson Button became champion. Other winning makes picking up crumbs were Williams-BMW, Honda, BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso-Ferrari and Red Bull-Renault. This authoritative and comprehensively illustrated book, which contains over 350 color photos from the world's best Formula 1 photo archive, shows every type of car that raced during the decade, presenting a comprehensive survey.
Download or read book Formula 1 Car by Car 1990 99 written by Peter Higham and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formative years of the 1950s are explored in this fourth installment of Evro's decade-by-decade series covering all Formula 1 cars and teams. When the World Championship was first held in 1950, red Italian cars predominated, from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati, and continued to do so for much of the period. But by the time the decade closed, green British cars were in their ascendancy, first Vanwall and then rear-engined Cooper playing the starring roles, and BRM and Lotus having walk-on parts. As for drivers, one stood out above the others, Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, becoming World Champion five times. Much of the fascination of this era also lies in its numerous privateers and also-rans, all of which receive their due coverage in this complete work. Year-by-year treatment covers each season in fascinating depth, running through the teams -- and their various cars -- in order of importance. Alfa Romeo's supercharged 11/2-litre cars dominated the first two years, with titles won by Giuseppe Farina (1950) and Fangio (1951). The new marque of Ferrari steamrollered the opposition in two seasons run to Formula 2 rules (1952-53), Alberto Ascari becoming champion both times, and the same manufacturer took two more crowns with Fangio (1956) and Mike Hawthorn (1958). Maserati's fabulous 250F, the decade's most significant racing car, propelled Fangio to two more of his five championships (1954 and 1957). German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz stepped briefly into Formula 1 (1954-55) and won almost everything with Fangio and up-and-coming Stirling Moss. Green finally beat red when the Vanwalls, driven by Moss and Tony Brooks, won the inaugural constructors' title (1958). Then along came Cooper, rear-engine pioneers, to signpost Formula 1's future when Jack Brabham became World Champion (1959).
Download or read book Formula One Racing For Dummies written by Jonathan Noble and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-10-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know what Formula One racing is all about This book delves into the strategy, technology, and spiritneeded to win a Formula One race. Every angle of a race weekend iscovered in detail, from scrutineering to pitstops to podium.You’ll also read about the rivalries and politics that haveturned the sport into a global televised drama. Illustrated withblack and white photographs, Formula One Racing For Dummies willserve the die-hard spectator or armchair fan alike. Discover how to: Identify race strategies Understand the role of each team member Master the latest rules and regulations Appreciate a Formula One car’s cutting-edge design Enjoy Formula One from the stands and on TV The Dummies Way Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humour and fun
