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OverviewIn Burning Rubber, Charles Jennings tells the fast and furious tale of motor sport's premier competition, from its earliest roots in the suicidal road races of the Edwardian age to the brave new world of Hamilton, Button, Alonso and Vettel in the 2000s. In a narrative bristling with anecdote and incident, he explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s and the revolution wrought on Formula One by computers in the 1990s. Throughout, sparkling and incisive profiles shed revelatory light on the drivers who have risked life and limb: the brilliant but inscrutable Juan Manuel Fangio, the ebullient Stirling Moss, the champagne-gargling James Hunt, the cerebral Alain Prost and mercurial Ayrton Senna, the adenoidal Nigel Mansell, the metronomic Michael Schumacher, the precocious Lewis Hamilton and the reborn Jenson Button. Burning Rubber takes the reader on a white-knuckle drive through the bends, straights, chicanes and pit stops of Formula One's chequered history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles JenningsPublisher: Quercus Publishing Imprint: Quercus Publishing Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.250kg ISBN: 9780857381255ISBN 10: 0857381253 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 03 February 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews'A funny and engaging tale of how the sport got where it is today.' Motorsport. 'An honestly felt and well-written history of Formula One' Irish Examiner. 'Excellent ... Charles Jennings is at home talking about cars or the characters who drive them' Independent on Sunday. 'Well-researched and packed with insightful anecdotes ... For anyone new to F1, this is a must have' EPSN F1 website. 'A funny and engaging tale of how the sport got where it is today.' Motorsport. 'An honestly felt and well-written history of Formula One' Irish Examiner. 'Excellent ... Charles Jennings is at home talking about cars or the characters who drive them' Independent on Sunday. 'Well-researched and packed with insightful anecdotes ... For anyone new to F1, this is a must have' EPSN F1 website. 'A funny and engaging tale of how the sport got where it is today.' Motorsport. 'An honestly felt and well-written history of Formula One' Irish Examiner. 'Excellent ... Charles Jennings is at home talking about cars or the characters who drive them' Independent on Sunday. 'Well-researched and packed with insightful anecdotes ... For anyone new to F1, this is a must have' EPSN F1 website. 'A funny and engaging tale of how the sport got where it is today.' Motorsport. 'Compulsory reading for anyone with a passing interest in men and motors' Independent. 'Well-researched and packed with insightful anecdotes ... For anyone new to F1, this is a must have' EPSN F1 website. Author InformationCharles Jennings has written extensively for the national press, television and radio. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books including Up North and The Fast Set: Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race For The Land Speed Record. He is married, with two children, and lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |