British Racing Green: Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of British Motor Racing (Racing Colours)

David Venables

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Ian Allan Publishing, 2008

0711033323 / 9780711033320

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176 pages. The great cars, drivers and races from the top motor-sporting nations form th e theme of this spectacular new series of magnificently illustrated volumes. Eac h country boasts its bloodlines, companies, engineers, executives and enthusiast s whose powerful competitive spirit and dauntless courage drives them to dominat e in motor racing.In this dramatic first volume, leading experts of Briti sh motor racing reveal the amazing stories behind their successes and failures, the great classic endurance races and Grand Prix contests in which they dominate d - or faced disaster. Motor racing, which has no equal in the ecstasy of victor y and agony of defeat, comes vividly to life in the colorful pages of these magn ificent books.It took Britain a few years to get to grips with first-rank motor racing. Apart from Sunbeam's Grand Prix success in the 1920s, it had to b e content with the dramatic exploits of Bentley at Le Mans and in the next decad e with victories by MG, Austin, ERA, Aston Martin, Riley and Lagonda as well as star drivers Tim Birkin, Malcolm Campbell and Richard Seaman.Only after W orld War II, as David Venables so dramatically portrays, did Britain get the han g of Formula 1 racing. Once it did, there was no stopping British cars and drive rs. Momentous breakthroughs came in the 1950s with Connaught, Vanwall and BRM, f ollowed by the rear-engined revolution led by Cooper and Lotus. Engines from Cov entry Climax and then Cosworth sat behind great champions including Stirling Mos s, Mike Hawthorn, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, John Surtees and Jackie Stewart. Meanw hile Jaguar and Aston Martin flew the Union Jack with pride at Le Mans. A reborn Donington joined Goodwood, Silverstone and Brands Hatch as the UK's classic tra. …

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Título
British Racing Green: Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of British Motor Racing (Racing Colours)
Autor
David Venables
Editorial
Ian Allan Publishing
Año de publicación
2008
Estado
Very Good
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0711033323
ISBN 13
9780711033320
Dimensiones
26.03cm x 1.9cm x 26.03cm
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