McLaren: 50 Years of Racing - Hardcover

Hamilton, Maurice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3791348132 ISBN 13: 9783791348131

Publisher: Prestel, 2013

This deluxe and lavishly illustrated book documents a half-century of Formula 1 with Britain’s most famous racing cars. Whether you are a fan of McLaren the company or McLaren the man, there is a lot to celebrate between the pages of this elegantly designed book that contains numerous historic and never-before-seen photographs. Tracing Bruce McLaren’s early success on the racetrack, it also follows his career as the engineer behind some of the world’s fastest cars and the incredible legacy of speed and performance that he left behind. Lavishly illustrated and featuring exclusive interviews with Patty McLaren-Brickett, Martin Whitmarsh, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, and Jenson Button, along with key members of the McLaren team across the decades, this unique, definitive, and beautiful book is as much a pleasure to read as it is to flick through.

From the Inside Flap:

This deluxe and lavishly illustrated book documents a half-century of Formula 1 with Britain’s most famous racing cars. Lavishly illustrated and featuring exclusive interviews with Patty McLaren-Brickett, Martin Whitmarsh, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, and Jenson Button, along with key members of the McLaren team across the decades, this unique, definitive, and beautiful book is as much a pleasure to read as it is to flick through.

About the Author:

Maurice Hamilton is a freelance journalist and broadcaster specializing in Formula 1 racing. He has written for the Guardian and the Observer during the past 25 years and his reports have appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live, and, most currently, TalkSport, where he is the F1 correspondent.

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 3791348132
• ISBN 13: 9783791348131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Fearnley Paul