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Since its first release in 2008, the official book of the Superbike
World Championship has been an indispensible resource for all fans
of the championship reserved for production derived bikes, the
championship for bikes you can buy from your local dealer. Like
every year, this book opens with a chapter devoted to the winner of
the World Championship title. Plenty of space has been devoted to
reports on the 12 scheduled races of the 2015 season, and to the
bikes and riders that constitute the fundamental pieces in the
complex SBK jigsaw. The "strong suit" of the official book, one of
the parts that will delight fans of the series, is without doubt
the one dealing with the engineering of these authentic jewels,
described in the most minute detail - thanks to the contributions
of specialists working for the various teams - and illustrated with
numerous photos revealing all the secrets of the championship's
leading players. The chapters on the "other world championships,"
Supersport and Superstock 1000 and 600 complete a book that should
be on the shelves of every true fan.
An access-all-areas look inside the thrilling world of Formula One.
Formula One is one of the most intense, complex and secretive sports on
the planet. Recent documentaries such as Netflix's Drive to Survive
series have given a glimpse of life inside the paddock, but there are
so many more stories from this high-stakes, globetrotting world that
remain untold.
In F1 Confidential, Guardian journalist Giles Richards speaks to the
men and women inside Formula One to reveal the inner workings of the
world's most glamorous motorsport. Featuring exclusive interviews with
experts at every level - from drivers and team principals to engineers
and pit mechanics - and from teams including Mercedes, Red Bull,
McLaren and more, this is an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look
inside a modern Formula One team.
With contributions from dozens of insiders, each with their own
fascinating stories, insights and revelations, F1 Confidential takes
you inside Formula One like never before.
Filling the many gaps in Formula 1 records, this book re-writes the
racing history books. The history of F1 can be neatly divided into
two eras, the first formally ending January 1980 when the terms
'Grand Prix' and 'World Championship' became synonymous, although
there would be three more non-championship races after that date.
However, up to January 1973 OVER HALF of F1 races were NOT included
in the Championship results for the spurious reason that each
country should have just a single F1 race. The classification of
many F1 races as 'non-Championship' did a disservice to the
achievements of drivers of the Fangio, Moss, Clark and Stewart era
and, even more-so, to the four pre-Championship years which began
in 1946. When, today, a commentator says "Rosberg's 16th win equals
the F1 wins of Stirling Moss" this is manifestly untrue. If the
same drivers, in the same F1 cars, compete at the same tracks, and
over a similar distance, then each race deserves to have its place
in the records as a 'Championship quality' event. This book
includes such races alongside contemporary Championship races and,
combined with known figures since 1980, produces what can surely be
accepted as 'The Real Score' of Formula 1.
Already the winner in 2010, Max Biaggi confirmed he was still at
the top of the Superbike World Championship by winning the 2012
title in the saddle of an Aprilia. But after taking his second
world title, he announced his retirement from competition. So the
2013 Superbike World Championship opens without a reigning
champion, but it is still packed with excitement. The Superbike
World Championship story is once again told in the official annual,
a reference book published by Giorgio Nada Editore on the world of
bikes "derived from normal production," the machines that for many
years have been the heart and soul of sports motorcycling, uniting
competition with a high technological content. To illustrate the
book there are the inevitable, spectacular pictures by Fabrizio
Porrozzi, with the precise, accurate text by his brother
Claudio.
The definitive photographic celebration of 70 years of Ferrari's
production cars, by the world's foremost Ferrari photography
archive. Also including the key stats and stories behind more than
150 cars. Celebrate the performance, design and beauty of the
prancing horse in these breathtaking photographs, captured by
specialist Ferrari photographers, Maggi & Maggi. More than 300
jaw-dropping images covering over 150 cars from across Ferrari's
history – from the 125 S of 1947 and the era-defining 250 GTO to
the notorious F40 and the Enzo – sit alongside detailed technical
specifications and fascinating text telling the story behind each
model by renowned Ferrari expert Stuart Codling. With some of the
most beautiful, powerful and expensive cars in the world, this
elegant collection is a stunning reminder of the enduring appeal of
Ferrari. The MAGGI & MAGGI archive is the world's foremost
collection of Ferrari photography. The culmination of a forty-year
project to photograph every Ferrari model, it houses close to
100,000 images. This book showcases the very best of the archive.
The Indianapolis Speedway Race is the most exciting one of all,
held on the largest track in America, with the most in-attendance
fans, and the largest TV audience of any sporting event anywhere,
anytime. It is a dangerous, challenging race that is the most
important one of all to win for the drivers. If you win at Indy,
your future is assured. You are famous. You will get sponsors and
you will be paid to advertise products. An Indy winner is set for
life in this sport. Fans know this, and cheer on their favorite
drivers. But this race is dangerous, and many drivers have lost
their lives attempting to win at Indy. They seem somehow to go
"over the line" at Indy, as Rick Mears does in this book, in an
effort to win. Real fans want them to try harder and harder to win,
but real fans don't want any driver or spectator to be hurt, or
worse. So real fans cheer when Mears goes high into dangerous
territory on the track, rather than low where the risk is less.
Every fan should see this race in person at least once.
Reg May has put pen to paper to create a record of iconic and
historic races, including such classics as the 1955 Mille Miglia,
and the 1957 German Grand Prix - races that the author has heard
and read about since his childhood, and that have left a lasting
impression. With personal opinions, careful observations, and
measured reflections on motor racing in general, Reg has added his
own personal experiences of motor racing, and penned a volume that
excites as well as informs the reader. Reg injects his infectious
enthusiasm for the sport, whilst painting a vivid picture of each
event and its backdrop, Racing with Heroes captures the atmosphere
of these great races, immersing the reader in the action as history
is made.
How can you pack all the camping gear and clothing needed for two
people on a motorcycle? At first, it may seem impossible but it is
easier than you think-if you do your homework. You must learn how
to acquire the right gear, how to pack it, and how to use it at
your campsite.
"Lightweight Camping for Motorcycle Travel" provides the
information and suggestions you will need to buy the right
clothing, tents, sleeping bags, tools, lights, cookware, and other
camping gear. It describes how to set up comfortable campsites, use
ropes and knots, cook great tasting meals, stay dry in stormy
weather, stay warm on cool nights, and prolong the life of your
gear.
Once you take a few trips and master the necessary skills, you
will enjoy many pleasures you could never experience in an
expensive motel room. You will enjoy breathing fresh air and
smelling food cooking at the campground. You will enjoy walking on
scenic trails and relaxing at your campsite. In the evening, you
will enjoy sitting by a warm campfire, listening to an owl, and
occasionally hearing a gentle rain falling on your tent.
One of the greatest drivers of his generation, Jim Hall is even
better known as an innovator. From his tiny shop in Midland, Texas
emerged a series of Chaparrals that changed the face of racing. His
high-winged Chaparral 2E Can-Am car and 2F World Sportscar
Championship contender may be the most influential race vehicles of
the 20th century. Today, every Formula 1 car uses net downforce,
driver-adjustable wings, composite chassis, side-mounted radiators,
semi-automatic gearboxes and advanced telemetry to optimize vehicle
performance - all things Hall pioneered in the mid-1960s. Here he
tells his story - his life, his cars, his relationship with
Chevrolet, his battles with sanctioning body bureaucracies - for
the first time to award-winning author George Levy in this
authorized biography.
Drawing on a lifetime of sniffing petrol fumes, Lights Out, Full
Throttle stands large over the landscape of Formula One and takes
the temperature of the good, the bad and the ugly of the
petrolhead’s paradise. Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill between them
competed in 261 Grands Prix, amassing twenty-five wins, forty-nine
podium finishes, one World Championship, 458 championship points, a
Le Mans win, two smashed ankles, a broken arm, wrist and leg, sixty
broken ribs, and two bruised egos. Having retired from racing,
Johnny and Damon have become the one constant for passionate
English F1 fans in a rapidly changing landscape. They have earned
cult status as commentators and pundits, with viewers loving their
unerring dedication to the sport’s greatness. It offers F1 fans a
tour of the sport – from Monaco to Silverstone; Johnny’s crowd
surfing and Bernie’s burger bar; the genius of Adrian Newey and
Colin Chapman; why Lewis Hamilton will never, ever move to Ferrari
(probably); getting the yips; money; safety; what it’s like to
have an out-of-body experience while driving a car in the pouring
rain at 200 mph; and the future of the sport in the wake of
Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter. Whether you’re a fan of Nigel,
Niki, Kimi or Britney, pine for the glory days of Brabham,
Williams, Jim Clark and Fangio, or believe that Lewis is one year
away from retiring as the GOAT, Lights Out, Full Throttle is the
oily rag for the petrolhead fan to inhale while waiting for the
racers to line up on the grid.
This is the story of Graham Warner and his plucky London-based
dealership/race team, the Chequered Flag, which bested all-comers
in most major motorsport disciplines. A former RAF man, Warner
competed at international level as a sports car driver, created the
Gemini brand of Formula Juniors as a manufacturer, fielded cars on
behalf of Lotus, Brabham and McLaren as an entrant, and as a talent
spotter, he gave Jim Clark his maiden start in a single-seater,
later running drivers such as Jackie Stewart, Jackie Ickx, Piers
Courage and many more on motorsport's nursery slope. Having reached
the pinnacle of Formula One with a privateer Brabham, Warner
changed tack and fielded the fearsome Lancia Stratos with memorable
success in rallying, before returning to his first love of
aviation. Here for the first time is the full history of one of the
unsung heroes of motorsport.
Produced in conjunction with the Bentley Drivers Club and the W.O.
Bentley Memorial Foundation,100 Years of Bentley is a lavish
celebration of one of the most recognised and revered car brands in
history, from its earliest models right up to the modern day cars.
A six-times winner in the gruelling Le Mans 24-hour race, Bentley
is also the brand behind iconic cars such as the 41/2-Litre
'Blower', the R-type Continental, and modern classics such as the
Continental GT and Mulsanne. Featuring more than 200 pictures, many
from the club's archives and some never seen in print before, this
beautiful book details the whole history of Bentley. From W.O.
Bentley's early days as a railway engineer along with his first
attempts at modifying French DFP cars, to the company's earlyracing
exploits, including its victories in the early Le Mans races.
Covering the Bentley brand's revival in the 1980s and renewed
impetus when it was acquired by the Volkswagen group, the story is
brought up to date with the awesome new Bentleys built for the 21st
century and the new era of electrification just around the corner.
Formula One 2023, the world's bestselling Grand Prix handbook, is
the essential resource for the season ahead. Formula 1 fans will be
kept fully up to speed with detailed examinations of all the teams
racing in 2023 (from Ferrari and Red Bull to Mercedes and Aston
Martin), every driver in the competition (including Charles
Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton), and all the tracks
featured on the packed Grand Prix calendar, including the new Miami
street circuit. It also reviews the 2022 season with race-by-race
reports and statistics; highlights changes to the rules and
regulations for 2023, and discusses major talking points in F1. As
well as the drivers' and constructors' world championship tables
from 2022, there is a fill-in guide for 2023, so each book can
become a personalised record of the Formula One season.
Complementing Bruce Jones's insightful text are dozens of colour
photographs, detailed circuit maps and a statistics section
containing the major records from more than 70 years of the world's
most thrilling and glamorous motor sport.
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'Glorious...gripping and sometimes tragic' Robbie Coltrane The
inspirational story of the Bentley Boys and Le Mans - the race they
made their own. Le Mans, 1927. W.O. Bentley peered into the dusk.
His three cars, which had led from the start, were missing. Two
years running he had failed to finish. Once again he was staring
into a void. Racing, his shareholders told him, was a waste of
money. This race looked like being his last. W.O's engineering
skills had been forged on the Great Northern railway and in the
skies of the First World War, where Bentley-powered Sopwith Camels
took the fight to Germany's Red Baron. Determined to build and race
his own cars, he assembled a crack team from all strata of 1920s
Britain, from East End boys Leslie Pennal and Wally Hassan to
multi-millionaires Woolf Barnato and Tim Birkin, men in search of
adventures to blaze their way out of the dark past. They dedicated
themselves to building the perfect road and racing car. In the
hayloft above their workshop, the first Bentley was born and soon
it was the car of choice for the fast-living upper classes. They
raced at the fashionable Brooklands circuit and then set their
sights on the fledgling 24 Hours Le Mans race. An audacious goal
for a British car, yet the Bentley Boys rose to the challenge. But
on that night in 1927, after the biggest crash in racing history
claimed their cars, could they still pull it off and put British
motor racing on the map? In the 1920s, Bentley Motors burned
brightly but all too briefly; yet its tale, filled with drama,
tragedy, determination and glory still shines a century on.
A fascinating history of European motorcycle racing, going back to
a period far removed from the world of Moto GP today: a time when
many young men from all walks of life decided to give up their
livelihoods in favour of earning their living by racing motorcycles
on the dangerous public road circuits of the European Continent. It
was a nomadic existence that involved travelling from circuit to
circuit, circus fashion, hence the title 'Continental Circus.' The
book begins with the pre-war period, when many young British riders
travelled to the Continent to take part in the Grand Prix races,
held from around 1920 and across Europe. British riders such as
Alec Bennett, Stanley Woods, Jimmy Guthrie and many more, gained
notable success and established their reputations on the European
circuits. Moving on to the post-war era, the book details the
riders from around the world who joined the Circus - self-financed
'privateers' from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The
1950s and '60s were the days of the true Continental Circus, when
private riders earned their living riding all over the continent.
The book also covers the development of the machines that became
the essential tools of the private riders, and the eventual demise
of the Continental Circus in the 1970s, due to new safety
regulations and the escalating cost of racing. Chris Pereira's
historical account is sourced both from first-hand experience of
racing, and from his own vast library of racing history records and
photographs.
The story of NASCAR's preeminent family and the multibillion dollar
sport they helped create. From mid-century dirt tracks to today's
super speedways, The Earnhardts: A Biography tells the remarkable
story of a racing family-Dale, his father Ralph, and son Dale
Jr.-whose careers span the full history of NASCAR and whose
accomplishments define this unique American motorsport. Drawing on
extensive research, including interviews with friends, family, and
sports writers covering the NASCAR scene, Gerry Souter follows the
Earnhardts' story from Ralph's short track racing in cars he built
himself to Dale's record-setting career and shocking death to Dale
Jr.'s emergence as one of the sport's most popular figures today.
Through the lives of the Earnhardts, and their unmatched legacy of
hard work and victory, readers see American stock car racing evolve
from its rural Southern roots into a nationwide phenomenon. A
chronology putting high points in the Earnhardts' careers in the
context of pivotal moments in the rise of NASCAR and American
motorsports A rich bibliography of resources for further reading
including books, journalism, archives, and websites
"There's probably no better sport than Formula E to present and
study the science and practice of innovation within (motor)sport,
and this book is a must read for those active within this
fascinating area". - Dr. Kristof de Mey, Sports Technology,
Innovation & Business Developer at Ghent University, Belgium
This open access book provides novel insights on management
innovation and sustainability in motorsport. Utilizing the
all-electric racing championship called Formula E as case, it draws
upon data from multiple sources such as sustainability reports of
Formula and its stakeholders, media data, podcasts and newspaper
articles, partner publications, and social media outputs. It aims
to generate a theoretical model that describes and explains the
optimal conditions for innovation when it comes to enhancing a
sport organisation's commercial product. Apart from its general
transferability to sports research, this model enables further
study of a motorsport phenomenon that has been hailed by media as
the championship, which affirms money in sustainability. It has
also been emphasized by sport researchers as a highly relevant case
to study management innovation. This book will be interesting to
academics working in sports management, knowledge management,
innovation and sustainability. Hans Erik Naess (b. 1978) is an
Associate Professor in Sport Management at Kristiania University
College, Norway. He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of
Oslo and is the author of several peer-reviewed articles and books
on motorsports, including A History of Organizational Change: The
case of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) 1945-2020.
Anne Tjonndal (b. 1988) is an Associate Professor in Sociology of
Sport at Nord University, Norway. She holds a PhD in sociology from
Nord University and has published articles in high-quality
international journals on topics like social innovation, gender and
inclusion/exclusion in sport. Tjonndal is the Celia Brackenridge
International Research Award winner for 2019.
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