Formula 1: Car by Car 1970–79Overview By Peter Higham This book is the second in a multi volume, decade by decade series covering the entire history of Formula 1 through its teams and cars. This instalment covers the 1970s, when the sport gained big new sponsors and grew into a television spectacle, with battles between Ferrari and Cosworth powered opposition a continuing theme. As well as the big championship winning teams Lotus, Ferrari, McLaren and Tyrrell this was a period

the book sets a high bar

which comes in a sturdy slipcase

Scuderia Ferrari: his own team

Publication date: May 2021

and there are more than 400 evocative photographs

Text based on the author’s extensive interviews with over 100 racing standouts

ISBN: 978-1-910505-21-2

The sweep of the decade covers sustained technical development

supported by an excellent translation by David Waldron

setting a 24-hour solo driving record there when the circuit opened in 1907

“Encapsulating an entire decade’s worth of F1 racing into pictures and tales of individual cars and teams makes for an interesting read

Page extent: 264pp