Formula 1

Authors: Umberto Zapelloni, Roberto Rinaldi, Laurent Laget

Publishing House: Hugo Sport

Publication Date: May 2021

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF F1 BY A PASSIONATE JOURNALIST. In 2020, as wecelebrate the 70th anniversary of the first Silverstone Grand Prix, sports journalistUmberto Zapelloni retraces the history of the F1 World Championship from 1950 to the present day, punctuated by significant events and colorful personalities. A fast-pacedaccount, but also a tour of the greatest champions, manufacturers and designers, whosebiographies combine key moments in their careers, anecdotes and the author’s personalmemories. Among the 50 portraits: Fernando Alonso, Juan Manuel Fangio, Enzo Ferrari, Mika Häkkinen, Lewis Hamilton, Graham and Damon Hill, Soichiro Honda, Niki Lauda, Charles Leclerc, BruceMcLaren, Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Jean Todt, SebastianVettel…

Author: Matt Anniss

Publishing House: L’Imprevu-Adulte

Publication Date: September 2017

Rediscover the great figures and superstars of F1, from the 1950s to today, from Juan Manuel Fangio to Sebastian Vettel, through Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna or Michael Schumacher, relive the eventful careers of these virtuoso drivers.

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This illustrated book is the result of a massive project carried out by F1 journalist Brad Spurgeon — an exhaustive study that highlights qualified drivers and technical innovations that have built the image and the legend of Formula 1… An interesting book, especially as it focuses on the major personalities of this universe: Bruce McLaren, Enzo Ferrari, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton!

Authors : Brad Spurgeon, Jean Todt

Publishing House : Assouline Eds

Publication Date : May 2021

A six-point safety harness wraps over your shoulders and between your legs, a head and neck brace clamps down your chest. The world ahead is visible only above a rim at eye level; the world behind is seen only through two mirrors little bigger than cigarette boxes. The start lights begin to illuminate red, and when they extinguish, your life will enter another dimension: this is not a fighter jet or a spacecraft, you are on the starting grid of a Formula One track, strapped into the world’s most technologically advanced racing car. The turbocharged engine, with more than 1,000 horsepower, is about to kick you in the backside, hurtling to 100 kph in 2.5 seconds, careening toward the first corner of the track. For the average reader, even driving a single lap of a Grand Prix would be impossible. But for the world’s twenty best racing drivers in the series’ ten teams, it is a way of life that is extreme in almost every facet.

Author: Maurice Hamilton

Publishing House: Amphora

Publication Date: October 2020

Formula 1: The Official History is a beautifully illustrated history of Formula 1 that traces the Drivers’ World Championship, decade by decade, from its first race on 13 May 1950 through all 70 editions.  Few sports have changed as dramatically as Formula 1 motor racing, but it essentially remains the same, a high-speed race in cars constructed to the highest technical performance level possible. This book charts the championship, highlighting the racing heroes, growth and diversity of each season, title races, arrival and departure of manufacturers, key moments and the major improvements in all aspects of safety.  The author has been grantedunique access to the organisation, while each chapter contains special features on the greatest drivers and teams, important personnel, famous and infamous incidents and key changes to the rules on design, safety and competitiveness. All in all, Formula 1: The Official History is a fantastic celebration of one of the world’s mostpopular, spectacular and glamorous sports.

Author: Henri Charpentier 

Publishing House: Solar

Publication Date: October 2018

The reference book on Grand Prix racing in France, the year F1 returns to the legendaryPaul Ricard circuit, with forewords by Alain Prost and Jean Todt, President of the FIA. French industrialists were the world’s leading producers of cars at the end of the 19th century and invented car racing as a way of promoting their know-how. This is how the term Grand Prix was born, which today designates a large number of sportingcompetitions throughout the world. The authors tell the story of this epic, which saw races leave the roads to reach the circuits and then be organized as world championships, withFrance always pulling its weight through its circuits, its drivers and of course its cars, untilthe mid-1990s. After nearly twenty years of disuse, the French Grand Prix returns in 2018 at Le Castellet on a completely renovated Paul Ricard circuit. This book details all the key moments of this return to grace of F1 in France.

Author: Luc Domenjoz

Publishing House: Chronosports Eds

Publication Date: December 2019

Indispensable for all F1 fans: the most extraordinary photos of the 2019 season, the story of the 21 Grands Prix, all the anecdotes, analyses, results. Lewis Hamilton in sixthheaven. According to his own statements, the 2019 season was the most difficult of Lewis Hamilton’s career. The six-time world champion had to face very effective Ferrari, led by ayoung prodigy capable of real feats, Charles Leclerc. But thanks in part to the incrediblemistakes made by his opponents, Lewis Hamilton ended up winning again. This is the behind-the-scenes story of this fabulous championship that “The Year of Formula 1 2019”, the most complete annual on the market, tells you.

Authors: Bernard Cahier, Maurice Hamilton

Publishing House: E.T.A.I (Edition Techniques pour l’Automobiles et l’Industrie)

Publication Date: October 2020

There are only thirty-three drivers to have conquered the title of World Drivers’ Champion since the foundation of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950. For the first time, they are all gathered in a book signed by the inescapable chronicler Maurice Hamilton and the giants of racing photography, Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier. Theseinternationally renowned talents bring to life, through the pen and the lens, a series of striking portraits of these legendary drivers who won the most sought-after title of all by rising to the top of glory. Never-before-seen photographs from the entire history of Formula 1, the words of champions from Lewis Hamilton to Jackie Stewart, and historicinterviews with Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Alain Prost, and Ayrton Senna make this book an exceptionally powerful and beautiful tribute to the winning heroes of the Formula 1 World Championship.