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This three volume set in itself is a milestone in motorsport books history. ยป More Photos
“The Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1”
Text and Drawings by Pierre Menard
Photography by Bernard Cahier and Jean-Francois Galeron
WOW! “The Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1” is truly GREAT. In fact it is three hard-bound volumes nested in a beautiful presentation case. The cover photo on the slipcase melds cars from the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix and the 2006 European Grand Prix. The encyclopedia is a beautiful photographic gallery of the finest work of Bernard Cahier, who passed away earlier this year. What a memorial to his immense talent. Menard’s drawings of famous race cars through the years illustrate and document the team sections of the encyclopedia. (It is a valuable resource of paint schemes and sponsor decals for the serious model builder or researcher.) “The Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1” would be the ultimate Christmas gift for the Number One Formula 1 fan on your list.
The 928 pages are divided into three volumes.
Volume 1 consists of:
Introduction
Eyewitness (Bernard Cahier and Nigel Roebuck)
Keys and Notes
Historical Review
The Drivers
The Circuits (Fascinating diagrams show changes to the tracks through the years.)
The Teams (A-F: AGS to Ferrari)
Volume 2
The Teams (F-W: Ferrari to Wolf)
Teams that Came and Went
Volume 3
The Results
Statistics
Glossary and Bibliography
Nuggets that await the careful reader…
From 1950 to 1973, cars received a new number for each race.
Until 1957, two drivers sharing the same car shared any points scored.
In 1958 commercial petrol, alcohol and nitromethane were banned.
The first World Championship Grand Prix in history took place at Britain’s Silverstone circuit on May 13, 1950, and the winner was Giuseppe Nino Farina in his Alfa-Romeo Alfetta 158.
Farina sat on pole at 1:50.8. He ran the fastest race lap at 1:50.6 (151.324 km/h) and won the race in 2:13.23.6 @ 146.378 km/h.
Roger Penske got his first and only Formula 1 win in 1976 with John Watson driving in Austria…the same track where Penske driver Mark Donohue was killed a year earlier. Penske becomes the second American team after Dan Gurney to win a Formula 1 race.
In 1977 the Wolf team with Jody Scheckter in the cockpit won the very first Formula One race it competed in… Buenos Aires. Jody went on to finish second to Niki Lauda in the driver’s points and the Wolf team finished fourth in the manufacturer’s championship behind Ferrari, Lotus and McLaren despite entering just ONE car.
The Statistics Volume speaks volumes about Michael Schumacher.
7 Championships
91 Wins
68 Poles
249 GP’s Contested
76 Fastest Laps
1,369 Points
154 Podiums
5,096 Laps Led
24,070 Km Led
141 GP’s Led
“The Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1” is one of the finest motorsports books I have ever reviewed. It earns five out of five lug nuts.
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