Description
Author: Enrico Mapelli, Hardbound,340 Pages, ISBN: 9788879116558, First Edition, 2016 - Italian / English Text
The stories of Monza and Formula 1 are inseparable, two examples of motor sport par excellence that come together once a year, cross each other's paths and bring to life pages of history rich in fascination.
In this book, enthusiasts will find accounts, but above all the pictures covering the most significant moments in a long journey that began way back in 1949 to reach the present day, with the exploits of the stars of the wheel and the best single seaters ever.
To cover once again this exciting partnership is to immerse oneself in drivers, technicians, cars and the spectators - those of Monza are unique and incomparable - triumphs and tragedies.
Hundreds of mostly previously unpublished pictures in colour and black and white comprise the structure of this volume, which just has to be in the libraries of all Formula 1 enthusiasts.
Monza and Formula 1 are two mainstays of motorsport that even before the first edition of the World Championship in 1950 had permanently entwined their stories.
This book brings together those stories and above all images that in the first part trace year by year the history of the Italian Grand Prix and examine in the second section the many protagonists in this long and enthralling narrative: drivers, teams, engineers, organizers and figures famous beyond the world of F1, without forgetting the public the true spirit of the Autodromo.
Thanks to the evocative power of the photographs - a great many previously unpublished - these pages speak to in of epic feats, of men and teams who have earned a place in legend, of dramatic days that have left a mark in the history of what still today can right be considered as the