History

By: Karl Ludvigsen . Ferrari is the quintessential bearer of Rosso Corsa - Italian Racing Red - in the 21st century. Rightly so, because Ferrari Grand Prix cars have represented Italy in Formula 1 racing since the World Championship was established in...

By: David Venables . Famed as the birthplace of motor racing, France also played an essential role in nurturing the sport in its early years, blue becoming the national racing colour when Messrs Mors and Panhard contested the early town-to-town races.The...

By: Karl Ludvigsen . From Lautenschlager, who in 1908 and 1914 won two of the greatest motor races in history, to Schumacher, who almost a century later claimed a record seven Formula I World Championships, Germany's racing drivers have carved their...

By: Mark Whitelock . This is the story of a Grand Prix formula that no British constructor wanted, but which, ironically, became one that they would almost totally dominate ... The 11/2-litre GP era is often largely overlooked due to a common, if...

By: Geoff Goddard, Doug Nye . Motor racing is the most glamorous and visually exciting of all sports - an action-packed, hazardous melee of men and machines pushing and being pushed to the limit. Today, with safety of paramount importance, sadly this...

By: Touchstone Books . Prior to 1907, motor sport was banned on public roads within the United Kingdom, forcing drivers to enter races in Europe.To address this situation, Hugh Fortescue Locke-King decided to transform 330 acres of his Brooklands estate...

By: Terry O'Neil . The vision of one man, Captain Sherman ‘Red’ Crise formed the basis for what was to become the Bahamas Speed Weeks, a series of motor races held on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas. They started in the mid...

2nd hand book in excellent like new condition By: Paul Parker . The evocative era portrayed in this beautifully presented, full-colour photographic book belonged to Ferrari, Ford and Porsche, with occasional intervention from Maserati, Aston Martin,...

By: Martyn Wainwright . 2nd hand book in excellent like new condition A superb collection of over 200 full colour images from 1950s motor racing and hill climb events, including Goodwood, Dundrod, Aintree, Brands Hatch, Prescott, Shelsley Walsh, and...