Formula 1 Legends S.
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Everyone remembers Niki Lauda for the serious 1977 accident, when he survived a horrific crash at the Nurburgring and then resigned just as he was about to clinch that year's title. But there is much more to Lauda's career than that. After a very successful career, becoming world champion twice in a Ferrari, the Austrian retired from motor racing in 1978 to launch his own airline company, Lauda Air. When this began to fail in 1982, he returned to Formula One to secure a third title in 1984 with McLaren. He has recently managed the Jaguar team after Lauda Air, on the verge of bankruptcy, was bought by Austrian Airlines. This book describes Lauda's complex career, as well as his debut in motor sports. It also features hundreds of rare photographs.
Although Ayrton Senna was only World champion three times (versus four times for Prost and five times for Fangio and Schumacher), he is still widely regarded as the best F1 driver ever. He still holds the world record for pole-positions (65), an example of his extreme style. This book goes back to his childhood in Sao Paulo, and covers his first steps in motor racing and his F1 career, including comprehensive results. The book features several hundred photographs and drawings of all the cars driven by Senna in Formula One, with detailed four-sides drawings of his two most typical cars. It also contains interviews with relatives, former team-mates and engineers, building up a comprehensive portrait of Ayrton Senna.
Between 1950 and 1962, Stirling Moss was the reference in terms of driving skill, determination and speed. Throughout his prolific career, Sir Stirling entered 529 races and won 212 of them - in Formula One of course, but also in GT, Touring cars and so on. He raced nearly 100 different cars. This biography comes up with numerous interviews with his relatives and friends, and an interview with Sir Stirling himself. It also comes up with comprehensive statistics on his career and features hundreds of photographs and drawings of all the cars driven by Sir Stirling in Formula One, with detailed four-sides drawing of his two most typical cars.
Four times world champion Alain Prost was called 'The Professor' by the media and fellow drivers. His methodical approach to motor racing made him one of the most successful drivers in F1 history. This biography, in the same spirit as the Senna and Moss books, explains his career from childhood until retirement. It features comprehensive career statistics, several hundred photographs and a dozen car drawings, as well as new interviews of key people related to Prost's career.