Cars - Motorsport Books

Although they were born 18 years apart, Derek Buckler and Colin Chapman were contemporaries when it came to designing and building ground-breaking sports cars in the late 1940s and early ’50s. They had much in common. Both were innovators,...

In 1964, in Australia's remote outback, on the dazzling saltpan of Lake Eyre, Donald Campbell set out to drive his Bluebird car at over 400 miles an hour - faster than any man in history.   Things went wrong from the start: unseasonal rains, a...

This book explains how modern Formula 1 cars work and demystifies the extraordinary technology they contain. By meticulously dissecting an F1 car into its constituent components, the author describes the design, engineering and function of every element,...

Rough Roads to Dakar - Porsche 911 Dakar, Off Road Sports Car with The Genes of a Winner Comeback of the motor rally legend: Porsche 911 Dakar A sports car for race tracks and every day life: This holds true since the 1984 triumph of legendary...

As Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc battle it out head-to-head in the most hotly contested championship in years, this in-depth book, with a foreword from Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, tells the story of how the sport evolved...

Delve into Formula One’s most iconic rivalries with stunning photography, insight from celebrated F1 journalist Tony Dodgins and a foreword by nine-time grand prix winner Mark Webber. At the heart of Formula One lies the blistering contests and...

50 Years of The Formula Ford Festival” by Alan Bowles & Darren Banks is the story of the late-season race meeting that has traditionally crowned the Formula Ford series of races each year. This book is a collection of memories, reminiscences,...

70 races, 70 days that in 70 years have marked the history of the Imola racing circuit. From the mid-Fifties, the track on the backs of the Santerno river, dedicated to Enzo and Dino Ferrari, has been one of the authentic cult attractions for the...

2022 heralded a new dawn for the World Rally Championship with the introduction of exciting and wickedly fast hybrid Rally1 cars. With more power on tap than ever before, these new beasts brought out the best in the sport’s elite drivers. An old...

Reacquaintance is a joy. This book recalls the Nürburgring in the time before the advent of major reconstruction work around the circuit. Those were the days when visitors – separated from the action by nothing but hedges – were...

• The careers of all successful auto racers start with their first win—Richard Petty at Charlotte, Dale Earnhardt at Bristol, Jimmie Johnson at Fontana, Chase Elliott at Watkins Glen.   • Chronicles the journey of...

- Formula 1 of the 1950s and '60s: images from a legendary era of motorsport - Driver portraits, racing action and historic Formula 1 cars from Ferrari, Porsche, Alfa Romeo and Jaguar - 180 photographs from Edward Quinn's archive, some of which have...