CHASING THE TITLE: MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM FIFTY YEARS OF FORMULA 1

Roebuck, Nigel

ISBN 10: 1859606040 / ISBN 13: 9781859606049

Published by Haynes Publishing Group, 1999

About this Item

1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. In 1999, The Formula 1 World Championship was 50 years old. Nigel Roebuck gives a personal selection of highlights from the past half-century, full of his own memories, colourful anecdtes and human interest, in the style of his highly popular Fifth Column in Autosport. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 304 pages including index. A few tiny foxspots to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of tiny tears. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CHASING THE TITLE: MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM FIFTY YEARS OF FORMULA 1
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1859606040
• ISBN 13: 9781859606049
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

In 1999, the Formula 1 World Championship is 50 years old. Here Nigel Roebuck, rated by many fans as the finest F1 writer in the world, presents his personal selection of highlights from the past half century, filled with his own memories and colorful anecdotes. Roebuck looks at key events including the first World Championship GP at Silverstone in 1950; the arrival of Lotus in F1 in 1960; Ferraris year of trauma in 1982; Damon Hills heavy weather championship in 1996; Ayrton Sennas tragic death at Imola in 1994; Mika Hakkinen vs Michael Schumacher in 1998; and much more.

Also contains pen portraits of racing legends Moss, Stewart, Senna, Prost, Ecclestone, Williams and Watkins. Well done!

About the Author

Nigel Roebuck (born in 1946, in Manchester, Lancashire, England) is an English journalist. Since 1971 he has reported on Formula One, and is considered one of the sport's most influential writers.  Roebuck continues to write for Autosport, plus Autoweek in the USA and a retrospective column in Motorsport magazine. His flowing, laconic and self effacing style is matched only by its insightfulness, honesty and humor, and occasional, heavy-handed reference to UK party politics. In 1982 Roebuck drove a Formula One Renault turbo at Circuit Paul Ricard in France.