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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Motor sports > General
The story returns, with new chapters and prospects about to unfold.
The agreement between Sauber and Alfa Romeo brings back to the
World Championship stage a name that for so long was an integral
part of Formula 1 series. Going back to the 1950 and 1951 seasons,
the championship was bathed in the red of the Portello's cars. Then
came the eras of Chiti, Autodelta, the partnership with Brabham and
then the Biscione marque's return to F1 with the Alfa-Alfa. This
book contains all this and much more, including the two seasons in
the early Seventies with McLaren and March, the premature implosion
of the agreement with Ligier, the sporadic appearances, especially
of South African drivers, at the wheel of cars powered by an Alfa
Romeo engine. The story is comprehensively illustrated with
hundreds of colour and black and white images, many previously
unpublished, and a list of all the results obtained by Alfa Romeo
in Formula 1.
During his time as speedway reporter for MCN, Andrew Edwards
travelled extensively witnessing first-hand the thrills and spills
of world class speedway, meeting the top riders and hearing and
reporting on stories of epic euphoric success and sometimes
tragedy. Here Andrew recounts his own story from humble beginnings
in provincial journalism in the West Midlands to national newspaper
reporting of Grand Prix world meetings with anecdotes and
characters described in his own style with a fair bit of humour
along the way. How he met with some of the greatest headline makers
over decades of speedway reporting becoming great friends of many
along the way including legendary names like Ivan Mauger, Barry
Briggs, Bruce Penhall, Peter Collins, Simon Wigg, Jason Crump and
Kenny Carter. There is also the story of how Andrew experienced
major changes in the publishing industry, from hot metal presses,
the days when clanky ink ribbon typewriters were the latest
technology and even before mobile phones were invented, right
through to a new dawn of the new digital printing revolution.
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