Author : Anthony Pritchard
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 46,64 MB
Release : 2019-04-15
Category :
ISBN : 1787115364
The Maserati 250F raced against Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Vanwall for Grand Prix supremacy during the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of '54-'60. Stories from leading drivers who raced the 250F, including Sir Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, and Mike Hawthorn, along with Anthony Pritchard's lively text, helps bring the racing story of this iconic model back to life.
Author : Anthony Pritchard
Publisher : Veloce Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,70 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845845636
Competing throughout the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of 1954-60, the Maserati 250F is one of the most famous and iconic racing cars ever built. Maserati 250F In Focus is one of the most detailed accounts ever written about a single model, and this superbly illustrated book features photographs by Tom March, one of the 1950s leading motor racing photographers, along with historic engine cutaways, chassis drawings, and technical descriptions of the 250F's evolution and development. Anthony Pritchard's lively and informative text includes reminiscences from some of the leading drivers of the day, including Sir Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, and Mike Hawthorn - drivers who raced these historic machines during the halycon days when Maserati battled with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Vanwall for Grand Prix supremacy. From the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix, to the 1960 US Grand Prix, a record of the chassis and race numbers of every 250F to have competed during this period is presented, along with detailed race histories and results, completing this most comprehensive and authoritative of books on Maserati's racing legend.
Author : Uli Cloesen
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 2019-04-11
Category :
ISBN : 1787115321
A celebration of the spectacular cafe racers from around the globe created by individuals, and all based on Italian motorcycles.
Author : Bart Lenaerts
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 2015
Category :
ISBN : 9789082357219
Author : Mat Oxley
Publisher : Haynes Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,46 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business intelligence
ISBN : 9781844256891
This is the compelling story of how one of Japan's biggest motorcycle manufacturers stole a Nazi rocket scientist's engine secrets from behind the Iron Curtain to conquer the world. In 1961, with the Cold War at its height, East German motorcycle manufacturer MZ was using World War II rocket technology to win Grands Prix, only for rider Ernst Degner to defect and sell the secrets to Suzuki, while his wife and children were drugged and smuggled through the Berlin Wall. The following year Suzuki and Degner made history by winning the world title. Branded a traitor by the communists, Degner suffered horrific injuries in a fiery racing accident and died in mysterious circumstances.
Author : Giuliano Molineri
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Automobile engineers
ISBN : 9780847845316
The definitive monograph on the work of one of the world's most celebrated car designers. This is the first monograph published on one of the most renowned automotive designers of our time, Giorgetto Giugiaro, who was named Car Designer of the Century in December 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. The book explores Giugiaro's creative background--he comes from a family of painters and musicians--and the technical and engineering skills he cultivated with his partner Aldo Mantovani, cofounder of his company, Italdesign. He is noted for such iconic concept cars as the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta, De Tomaso Mangusta, Maserati Ghibli, Iso Grifo, Lamborghini Calà, and Ferrari GG50.
Author : Ian Wagstaff
Publisher : Porter Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,25 MB
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781907085383
This is the story of a uniquely special example of the Maserati 250F, the breed of car that epitomizes the 2.5-liter, front-engined Formula 1 era of 1954–60, and took part in the first and last races of that classic period. The finest flowering of the 250F came in 1957 with the lightweight version in which Juan Manuel Fangio won the last of his five World Championship titles. Three lightweights were built and the one featured in this book, chassis 2528, was driven to victory by Fangio in the Monaco Grand Prix and by Jean Behra in three non-championship Grands Prix at Pau, Modena and Casablanca. The fascinating story of 2528, from its construction to the present day, is accompanied by 400 photographs, many of them never previously published. This book presents the life of a truly Great Car – the most original and widely raced of all Maserati 250Fs.
Author : Joe Sackey
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 34,33 MB
Release : 2022-02-07
Category :
ISBN : 1787118444
This book covers the background, conception, design, production and aftermath of the iconic Ferrari 288 GTO, including the prototypes, the early production cars, the mainstream production cars in their various specification guises, and the Evolution cars planned for the aborted Group B FIA race series. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated look at a unique sports car.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 076037130X
The Art of the Formula 1 Race Car 2022 presents thirteen of the most exciting F1 race cars from seventy-plus years of competition, captured in the studio portraits of master automotive photographer James Mann. The photographs in this sixteen-month calendar showcase greats from Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Lotus, Brabham, and Mercedes, portraying not just the vehicles’ engineering and technological brilliance but also their inherent beauty—the captivating result of Formula 1’s mix of competition, creativity, and technical ingenuity that makes these racers works of mechanical art. With a convenient page that shows the months of September, October, November, and December 2021, followed by individual pages for the months of 2022, keep yourself on track throughout the year while enjoying Formula 1's most captivating and successful race cars from the 1950s to today.
Author : Brian Sewell
Publisher : Quartet Books (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Rolls-Royce automobile
ISBN : 9780704373600
Charles Rolls understood cars - how they were made and how to sell them - but Henry Royce didn't want to design just any car; he was determined to create the best car in the world. The meeting of these two great minds, 110 years ago this year, resulted in one of the most iconic feats of engineering then or indeed since: The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Critic and car enthusiast Brian Sewell strays from the art world to tell the story of Henry Royce and the creation of the Silver Ghost. Beautifully illustrated and instructive, 'The Best Car in the World' is the perfect book for children and adults alike, a collector's item to keep and to cherish.
