Description
Author: Louis T. Stanley, Hardbound, 192 Pages, ISBN: b0007gtnuu, First Edition 1964 - ** Second-Hand title in very good condition !**
Louis T. Stanley has a reputation for forthright, fearless comment. This new Grand Prix book, the fifth in the series, is marked by the same freshness of approach.
The author's pen and camera range over the entire Grand Prix scene. The reader is taken behind the scenes to every round in the World Championship
. . . Monte Carlo . . . Belgium. . . Holland. . . France . . . Great Britain . . . Germany . . . Italy . . . United States . . . Mexico . . . South Africa . . . a unique tour described by Graham Hill as "a view through a door that is never opened to an enthusiastic public and a view that is only fractionally witnessed by the actors in the Grand Prix scene." Few men are better equipped to summarize the struggle for the supreme honour of Grand Prix racing than Louis Stanley.
He approaches his task with inner knowledge and unbiased outlook. When praise is given it is unquestionably earned; when censure, it is equally deserved. As The Times motoring corespondent observed last year: ". . . the down-to-earth comments of this swarthy writer are already being quoted behind the pits."
Other features include the detailed ranking-list of Grand Prix drivers, an analytical appraisement of the top twelve personalities of 1963, an informative resume of the Grand Tour with a quizzical eye on background happenings and personalities, a lighthearted approach as catching as measles.
These are only some of the essential facts about Grand Prix 1963 which need to be stated, for this book has now become something of an institution, a point made by Peter Gamier in Autocar: "This annual review of the Grand Prix year almost deserves to have its publication date included in the International Calendar . . . it is the only record of its kind."
(Photograph on jacket front: French Grand Prix, Rheims. The most controversial start of the season.)
"Stanley's Annual is back with us once more, and everyone who is anyone in the motor-racing world will rush off to ascertain their current Stanley-Rating."
—Veteran and Vintage
"Louis T. Stanley discusses cars and drivers. courses and managers, officials and commentators with a complete lack of respect, but with an engaging candour."
—Dudley Noble in The Tatler
