The Last Road Race: The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0753818515 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix marked the end of an era in motor racing. Sixteen cars and drivers raced over public roads on the Adriatic coast in a three-hour race of frightening speed and constant danger. Stirling Moss won the race, ending years of supremacy by the Italian teams of Ferrari and Maserati. Richard Williams brings this pivotal race back to life, reminding us of how far the sport has changed in the intervening fifty years. The narrative includes testaments from the four surviving drivers who competed—Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks, Roy Salvadori, and Jack Brabham.
great photos, engaging storyline all put you right in This little book is a must read for anyone interested in the iconic heroes of fifties GP racing. Fangio, Moss, Brabham are brought to life through interviews with the surviving cast of this particular race as well as background information to put it all in context. Well written, great photos, engaging storyline all put you right in the scene of the last F-1 race run on open roadways (unlike a well protected street ala Monaco). Lots of fun facts, such as the difference between driving the Vanwall and a Maserati 250F from. Grand Prix cars along a country road From the color tinted black & white photo on the cover, the most evocative photo of Grand Prix racing in the 1950's that I've ever seen, to the Published Sources in the final pages; this small book is a treasure of personal reminisces, photographs by a great photojournalist, Bernard Cahier, and a detailed recreation of that special weekend of actual road racing through hills and villages surrounding Pescara, Italy. Truly, reading this little gem will transport you back to that time and that place; better put in your ord. Pivotal Pescara Ricardo This book, along with Robert Daley's " Cars at Speed " and " The Cruel Sport " ( also available at Amazon.com ) provide a fitting and interesting trio of books for today's F1 enthusiast who may wish to know something of the history of Grand Prix racing in the pre-Bernie era. Williams is not so consciously stylish a writer as Daley and the reader is better for it. The passage of several decades from the Pescara event to when this book was written and published provides a perspective the written at the time Daley books la
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But have a care - after reading it you may fine yourself driving faster. Whether describing men, machines or races, Williams writes with understanding, sympathy and real authority. I did. You sense the spirit of the times in his pages, and you almost smell the nitromethane that fired up those engines. -- Alan Judd SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Williams wears his knowledge and enthusiasm for such bygone days like a badge of honour beautifully and passionately written.' -- David Tremayne THE INDEPENDENT ' William's touch remains sure the glamour of