Automoblog Book Garage: Formula 1 All The Races – The First 1000
A new, limited-edition book details the complete story of seven decades of Formula 1 racing.
Available exclusively from Veloce Publishing, the book includes a number of charts and graphs. Â
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A great, thick tome of a book was weighing down my mailbox one day. Formula 1 All The Races – The First 1000 describes itself as a one-stop shop for F1 lovers. Veloce Publishing, who is putting out the limited-edition book, says it’s a reading book; a history book; and a reference book capturing the very essence of Grand Prix racing. And while it could be that, what it really is for racing fans is a detailed Formula 1 stats book. Formula 1 All The Races – The First 1000
Honestly, I can’t see anyone sitting down with this thing, cracking it open to page one, and reading straight through to page 720. It’s as engaging as a phone book since there’s actually precious little to read here. Tons of stats and facts and figures, but little prose is included within those 720 pages. Each race gets its own thumbnail sketch (e.g. “For a third time it was Hakkinen’s pole, Schumacher’s victory” and so on) with a list of highlights for the end of each season.
However, Formula 1 All The Races is not a “reading book” like the ones we traditionally cover in this Book Garage series. Rather, it’s page after page of statistic...
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