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The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One´s Most Dangerous Era
Michael Cannell
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Description for The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One´s Most Dangerous Era
Paperback. A glittering account of Formula One's deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fatal consequences, culminating in the explosive championship battle of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: WSPC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276. Life and Death in Formula One's Most Dangerous Era. 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. A glittering account of Formula One's deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fatal consequences, culminating in the explosive championship battle of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WSPC1. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 26. Weight: 312.
10 September 1961: at the boomerang-shaped racetrack at Monza half a dozen teams are preparing for the Italian Grand Prix. It is the biggest race anyone can remember. Phil Hill - the first
American to break into the top ranks of European racing - and his Ferrari teammate, Count Wolfgang von Trips - a German nobleman with a movie-star manner - face one another in a race that will decide the winner of the Formula One drivers' championship. By the day's end, one man will clinch that prize. The other will perish face down on the track.
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Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848872240
SKU
V9781848872240
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Michael Cannell
Michael Cannell has written about sports for the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Outside, and was editor of the New York Times House & Home section for seven years. His previous book, the critically acclaimed I.M. Pei: Mandarin of Modernism, was published in 1995 by Crown.
Reviews for The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One´s Most Dangerous Era
Terrific... A quite remarkable book which every motor sport aficionado will want to read
Murray Walker A compelling story - shocking, sad, tragic and very human - about men who willingly drove with the Grim Reaper and what motivated them to do so.
Duncan Hamilton The days of true motor-racing romance are long gone, but are superbly evoked... ... Read more
Murray Walker A compelling story - shocking, sad, tragic and very human - about men who willingly drove with the Grim Reaper and what motivated them to do so.
Duncan Hamilton The days of true motor-racing romance are long gone, but are superbly evoked... ... Read more