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By: Anthony Carter .
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This book is a virtual time machine to the past. It presents stunning photographs from motor racing history, most previously unpublished, and examines the many facets of Grand Prix racing before the dominance of television and commercial advertising. Here are stories of derring-do and racing that constantly pushed the boundaries of technology.
The story begins in the 1930s when the German Auto Unions and Mercedes were heavily subsidised by the Nazi regime to strengthen its engineering might. This produced the most powerful racing cars ever (at least until the turbocharged cars of the 1980s), and was followed by the postwar era that saw the BRM V16 bringing prestige to Great Britain, before the rear-engined revolution in Formula 1.
It was the Lotus marque that pushed the limits ever further under the direction of its founder, Colin Chapman. Bob Dance tells us about the part he played in the team in the days when Jimmy Clark was winning world championships. His own photographic archive sets the scene during the 1950s when he followed motor racing as a teenager. The images juxtapose with those of Reggie Tongue, who photographed the sport both at home and abroad at a time when he was racing ERAs before World War II.
