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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Motor sports > General
The first and only "virtual gallery" with all or almost all the
models produced by the Maranello firm from 1947 to the present day,
drawn by an artist of the calibre of Giorgio Alisi. Detailed
technical files and texts by Leonardo Acerbi, an established
historian of the marque, complete this unique overview of the
Prancing Horse and its history. First published in the mid-2000s
and reprinted on a number of occasions, Ferrari All the cars
reviews, model by model, all the most significant cars produced by
the Maranello firm from 1947 to the present day. From the Auto Avio
Costruzioni of 1940, the Ferrari precursor, to the 125 S, the first
car to carry the Prancing Horse badge and the Ferrari name, through
to the latest Portofino, the reader explores unforgettable icons of
automotive history. Among them, to mention but a few, are models
such as the 250 GTs, the Testa Rossa, the 250 GTO, the 250 Le Mans
and the 275 GTB , through to the latest creations, the FF, 488 GTB,
California and GTC4 Lusso, by way of the 365 GTB/4 "Daytona", 512
BB, 308 GTB and many others. Then, naturally, there are all the F1
single-seaters from 1950 to the present day, those that have
permitted the Prancing Horse to win 15 World Driver's Championships
and 16 Constructors' titles, and the unforgettable Sports cars and
Prototypes, undisputed protagonists for years in the enthralling
endurance classics such as the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Targa
Florio. The files on each model are complemented by an accompanying
image, brief but pertinent contextual texts and detailed technical
specifications. Ferrari All the cars is a unique book allowing you
to have a complete history of Ferrari and its unforgettable cars
always to hand, an authentic vademecum of the Maranello firm.
The path of Grand Prix racing in America wound through raceways at
Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, and finally Caesars
Palace in Las Vegas. At each stop, the influence of organized crime
seemed no more than a handshake away. But at Ceasars the vast crime
syndicate was deeply involved in the operations of the
luxury-branded resort. The Caesars Palace Grand Prix culminated in
an unholy alliance of the world capital of gambling, the mob and
the international czar of Formula One. During its four-year run,
the race hosted the biggest names in motorsport-Mario Andretti,
Bernie Ecclestone, Roger Penske, Chris Pook, Alan Jones, Nelson
Piquet, Niki Lauda, Danny Sullivan, Bobby Rahal and Al Unser among
them. The podium celebration of the inaugural Grand Prix put the
convergence of organized crime and auto racing on public display,
while the years that followed provided their own curiosities. This
book traces the intertwined threads through decades of accounts,
extensive interviews, and the files of the FBI.
Between 1959 and 1964, the Meister Brauser racing team was a leader
in US road racing. With Harry Heuer and ace Augie Pabst driving
Scarabs, all-American race cars, the team chalked up an
unprecedented run of championships. Besides its on-track successes,
Meister Brauser was a leader in promoting team identity. It was one
of the first to utilize an enclosed tractor trailer rig to
transport the cars and as a rolling at-track machine shop. All the
vehicles were painted in the team colours of dark metallic blue
trimmed with white and accented by red pin stripes. The team
members were outfitted in matching uniforms. The Team ran for only
five years, but in that time set a mark for professionalism, wins
and championships. This book recounts the history of the team with
their triumphs and their failures, is a valuable addition to US
racing history.
*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Why is F1 the perfect example for
leadership, motivation and strategy? And what can we learn from it?
How does a pit crew change four wheels in 1.9 seconds? And what
does that mean for a company like Blackberry? What is Ron Dennis'
secret to good time management? And how can that help TV producers?
In The Winning Formula, driver, commentator and entrepreneur David
Coulthard opens the doors to the secretive world of F1 and reveals
in simple, entertaining and utterly compelling terms how he has
been able to master this mind-boggling variety of disciplines by
applying the skills honed from his years at the top of the world's
most demanding motorsport. By recounting his own stories, and
combining them with first-hand experience of stellar individuals
such as Lewis Hamilton, Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Christian
Horner and Sebastian Vettel, Coulthard provides a fascinating
fly-on-the-wall insight into F1 but at the same time offers an
invaluable guide to the business of sport and the sport of
business.
Ferrari's sporting history, from the origins to 1988, the year of
Enzo Ferrari's death, narrated in 400 pages and more than 700
photos, most of which previously unpublished and drawn from the
publisher's own archive. More than a book, this is a unique and
prestigious document that reviews year by year, from 1947 to 1988,
the true sporting epic of Ferrari's Ferrari. Page by page, we find
champions of the calibre of Tazio Nuvolari, Alberto Ascari, John
Surtees, Niki Lauda, Gilles Villeneuve and many others, who in
Formula 1 and elsewhere won world titles at the wheel of
unforgettable cars such as the 500 F2, the 158 F1, the Testa Rossa,
the 250 GTO, the 330 P4 and the successful 312 T family, from the
1950s through to the late 1980s. This new enlarged edition includes
not only champion drivers, but also the men and the mechanics who
lived in close contact with the "Drake". They are described in
specific text boxes: from Romolo Tavoni to Mauro Forghieri, from
Franco Gozzi to Marco Piccinini, from Ermanno Cuoghi to Giulio
Borsari. All accompanied by contextual texts by Leonardo Acerbi, a
Ferrari historian of great experience. The book contains a unique
collection of images, many in black and white but also a series of
very rare colour shots, the majority by Franco Villani, a great
reporter long associated with the Prancing Horse. An album allowing
us to relive one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.
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