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Very good condition oversized color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Foreword by Murray Walker; Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; and List of Illustrations. Illustrated with circuit drawings, black-and-white photographs and color photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by BOTH authors with thin black ink at the bottom of the Contents page. Pages 295 - 318 are loose. All other pages are in fine condition. "Contents include: *All the Current Drivers profiled, showing their career record including starts, wins, placings, pole positions or best qualifying positions, fastest laps, laps and distance led, points (first and most recent races achieved, for each). Also Non-Formula 1 career highlights. *All the Current Teams profiled, showing address and phone/fax number, personnel list and sponsors and explanation of what each sponsor produces. *All the Seasons previewed, with details of every constructor's entries for the year, including privateers and a resume explaining biggest news and technical changes. Separate summary tables for each year, showing grid and race positions for ever entrant. *All the Races, showing number of laps, lap length, race distance, names of every driver entrant, together with finishing position, car number, car, model, engine, engine configuration, laps completed, race time or reason for retirement, grid position and row number, for all 564 races. *All the Points scored by drivers and constructors, race by race, for each season. *All the Lap Leaders, giving distance led and which laps they led in every race. Totals for each driver for every season. *All the Times and Speeds for winner, pole position and fastest lap (with lap number). *All the Drivers from 1950, showing nationality, date and place of birth (and death), years active, number of starts, points, pole positions, fastest laps, wins and placings 2nd to 6th. Drivers' real names are also given, when they are not normally known by this. All non-starters are included. *All the Constructors, including a resume on their history, performance analysis by season and model, with races started, number of starts, points, pole positions, fastest laps, wins, sponsors or car colour, chief designers and engines. *All the Circuits, with history of each, labeled diagrams to scale, and the record speeds achieved by winning, pole position and fastest lap driver, for every configuration used. *All the Records: Firs/Last, Fastest/Slowest, Most/Fewest, Youngest/Oldest, Longest/Shortest, Largest/Smallest, Highest/Lowest, Earliest/Lates, Narrowest/Widest, together with pieces of trivia. *All the Anniversaries of births and deaths, day by day throughout the year, and also most important achievements and firsts and lasts throughout the history of the World Championship (what happened on this day or your birthday in Formula 1 history). PLUS: *Colour Reproductions of paintings by Alain Baudouin, of winning Formula 1 cars since 1950, together with photos of world champions and other drivers. *Photographs of all the Current Drivers and Cars." - from the rear outer cover. Seller Inventory # 002144
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