Remarkable Motor Races (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2024
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Hardcover. Remarkable Motor Races features a collection of the some of the most amazing motor racecourses from across the world, captured in beautiful photographs that transport you right into to the thrill of the race. There have been plenty of books about races and race tracks. But none with the depth and scope of this one A fascinating collection of stories reaching outside the world of F1 to the wider motorsport diaspora. GP RacingIts absolutely beautiful. If youre a new Formula 1 fan or an old Formula 1 fan, there will be things in here. The photography is sensational. Its full of Andrews very smart observations and actual history about this fascinating world of motorsport. Greg James on The Fast and the CuriousEver since Ferenc Sziz won the original grand prix race at Le Mans in 1906 man has been racing machines for sport. Remarkable Motor Races gathers together some of the most epic challenges on four wheels that exist today, from the Dakar rally in the sand-blown deserts of Saudi Arabia to the glamorous F1 Monaco Grand Prix, or the Race to the Clouds, scaling Colorados Pikes Peak at speed on a track lacking safety barriersThe BBCs chief F1 writer, Andrew Benson, has assembled some of the greatest races and the race circuits associated with them globally recognized names such as Monza, Silverstone, Spa, Daytona, Le Mans, Indianapolis, Nurburgring and Laguna Seca and explores their rich history of triumph and tragedy.There are also the storied, long-distance road races now resurrected for classic cars and run as regulation rallies, such as the Targa Florio and the Mille Miglia, or the celebrated World Rally Championship events like the Acropolis, Monte Carlo and Rally Finland where cars are regularly airborne on serial jumps.The book features: original interviews with Fernando Alonso, Jacky Ickx, Gil de Ferran, Daniel Ricciardo, Helmut Marko, Zak Brown, Kevin Magnussen, John Watson, Carlos Sainz and Mark Webber coupled with over 300 dramatic photographs from the worlds best motorsport photographers a range of motorsport from the megabucks grands prix of F1 to a hillclimb run through Breton farmyards Find out how Taylor Swift helped save the USGP in Austin and how Helmut Marko was once summoned by a mafia don Featuring races from F1, DTM, NASCAR, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship, V8 Supercars and even the Craftsman Truck Series Includes races/circuits in Andorra, Abu Dhabi, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Britain, Canada, China, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Las Vegas, Japan, Saudi Arabia, USA Remarkable Motor Races features a collection of the some of the most amazing motor racecourses from across the world, captured in beautiful photographs that transport you right into to the thrill of the race. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Remarkable Motor Races (Hardcover)
- Author
- Andrew Benson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0008659699
- ISBN 13
- 9780008659691
An illustrated guide with interviews and photography of some of the world’s most famous motor races, including F1, NASCAR and more
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About the Author
Andrew Benson has been covering motorsport for more than 30 years, and is regarded as one of the world’s leading Formula 1 journalists. He has worked for BBC Sport since 2000 and is their current F1 Correspondent. Before joining the BBC, Andrew was Autosport magazine’s Grand Prix editor and wrote regularly for the Guardian newspaper.
Andrew has helped run the BBC Sport website since its foundation in 2000 and covered a wide range of sports, in addition to F1 racing. He returned to F1 full time in 2008 and was BBC F1’s assistant editor, under Mark Wilkin, before returning to full-time writing.
Andrew is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 5 Live’s F1 coverage, providing commentary, insight, analysis, and in-depth interviews with leading drivers and personalities.
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