Ferrari 312P & 312PB - Couverture souple

McDonough, Ed; Collins, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845842596 ISBN 13 : 9781845842598

Editeur : Veloce Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Born in London, Peter Collins has been a motoring journalist and photographer for fifteen years. He has a lifelong interest in motorsport and racing history and has been attending events worldwide since 1965. Co-founder and editor-at-large of Auto Italia magazine, he also contributes to American and other European magazines, as well as websites. This is his fourth book. Peter now lives in South London and travels extensively throughout the year covering motoring events of all disciplines and maintaining his close ties with racing people of all persuasions. This book is the result of a long-held passion for saloon car racing.

Ed McDonough is an experienced and well-known motoring writer, and this is his ninth book about the history of motor sport. He is European editor of Vintage Racecar magazine, and is one of the few journalists able to test and race the important historic machinery he writes about. He has raced for over forty years, and still competes in international and historic events. He did a track test of one of the key cars in this new book, and several of his titles have featured tests by him. Ed also does radio commentary at Goodwood, Monaco and American events. Ed lives in Wooten, Northants.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The late 1960s and early 1970s formed a significant epoch in the world of international sports car racing. As the motor racing rule-making body moved back and forth between cars that less and less resembled road-going vehicles, prototype sports car racing captured the imagination of manufacturers, teams and fans alike. Porsche vs Ferrari vs Alfa Romeo vs Matra provided some of the best ever racing for sports cars. At first the 5-litre Porsches and Ferraris battled through 1970 and 1971, but the 3-litre prototypes that previously had run in another class rapidly became more and more competitive. By 1973, the Ferrari 312PB, little more than a Grand Prix car with full bodywork, was dominating the scene. This has always been viewed as one of the great eras in sports car racing, when all the Grand Prix drivers were fully active in sports cars as well as F1 machines. With 100 contemporary pictures, this is the story of a great time in motor sport history.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Veloce Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845842596
• ISBN 13: 9781845842598
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128