This heavily-illustrated, stalgic book examines the evolution of Grand Prix motor racing through one of its classic decades, when the sport moved into the increasingly commercial and high-tech era. It is also the story of how sponsors took over the main identity of the teams, with the sport becoming globalized as the English-speaking drivers were joined by newcomers such as Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson, Jody Scheckter, Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet. The book covers: the metamorphosis of Formula 1 from the gentlemanly post-war period into a increasingly high-dollar, high-tech era; the Gold Leaf and Yardley sponsorship deals and the all-important television coverage; the demise of genuine privateers and small teams such as Rob Walker and Hesketh, and the birth of William Grand Prix Engineering in 1978; wide tyres, aerodynamics and Chapman's ground-effects Lotus 79; invations such as Tyrrell's six-wheeled P34 and the Brabham fan car ; and Dunlop, Goodyear, Firestone and Michelin - a study on success and failure.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
J H Haynes & Co Ltd, Haynes Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1859609600
ISBN-13
9781859609606
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95748972
Product Key Features
Author
Paul Parker
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Motor Sports & Cycling
Genre
Motor Sports & Cycling
Dimensions
Weight
1352g
Height
280mm
Width
230mm
Additional Product Features
Photographs by
Rainer Schlegelmilch
Place of Publication
Somerset
Spine
20mm
Content Note
300 Colour Photographs
Author Biography
Paul Parker's first book, Jaguar at Le Mans, was published in 2001 to excellent reviews. He lives at Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. Rainer Schlegelmilch, a German F1 photographer of international renown, supplied the pictures for Haynes's recent large-format book on Michael Schumacher.