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Celebrating A Century of Grand Prix Racing Book
Celebrating A Century of Grand Prix Racing Book This superbly illustrated book, consisting of largely unpublished photographs, has been created to celebrate the Centenary of Grand Prix racing, the first officially credited Grand Prix having taken place at Le Mans in France in 1906. The book details the rise in popularity of motor sport until the advent of the first World Championship Grand Prix races were organised in 1925. After WWII, Grand Prix racing gradually developed into the professional sport that we know today, becoming a high-tech showcase for the manufacturers? skills. The book contains photographs of the ?basic? cars of 1906 to the 200+ mph supercars of today, from the Delages, Alfa Romeos, Fiats and Bugattis of the ?20s and ?30s to the Ferraris, Coopers and Maseratis of the ?50s and ?60s and on to the McLarens and Williams of the modern era. Drivers featured include such legendary names as Caracciola, Nuvolari, Varzi, Stuck, Rosemeyer, Fangio, Hawthorn, Moss, Stewart, Villeneuve, Senna, Prost and Schumacher. KEY POINTS: Celebrates 100 years of Grand Prix racing an anniversary that will be recognised in the press and recalled in numerous racing opportunities. Illustrated throughout with amazing historic photographs, the majority of which come from a unique private collection in Europe and have never been previously published. Grand prix racing still attracts worldwide interest with a television audience in the tens of millions. Races are held in 16 different countries. The British Grand Prix remains a sell-out every year with over 100,000 fans attending on race day. Designed to appeal to both the committed Formula 1 enthusiast and the casual observer alike Trevor Legate is a well-respected motoring writer and photographer. After leaving art college, he became a professional advertising photographer, taking pictures of cars and motor races in his spare time. His motoring photography led to commissions from major automobile manufacturers in the UK and Europe to shoot advertising and brochure pictures. Trevor built up a large photographic business but still found time to combine his love of writing with photography to produce an acclaimed book about Shelby AC Cobra. This was later revised and updated as Cobra - The Real Thing. It was followed by a book about the Ford GT40 and, more recently, detailed histories of two popular marques, Mercedes-Benz and Chevrolet Corvette. Trevor sold his photographic business in 2002 and now concentrates on writing and producing books.