Autocourse 1996-97

July 7, 2014

Autocourse 1996-97. Hazleton Publishing, £30.

As it says on the cover, Autocourse is the “world’s leading Grand Prix annual”, now moving into its 46th year of publication. Along with the Formula One features and detailed seasonal review, all illustrated with magnificent colour photographs, there are also reviews of all the major international championships from lndycars to British Touring Cars to Formula Three. Maintaining Autocourse’s position as a book of record, all major statistics are listed, compiled by walking reference book, David Hayhoe. No motor racing library is complete without it. DS

Damien Smith

Damien spent two spells as editor of Motor Sport – at nine issues, his first was short. The second was longer, rejoining in 2007 until 2016. Between he spent two years as editor-in-chief of Autosport, a magazine he first joined in 1996. During his time on the weekly, Damien covered everything from club racing to Formula 1, via Formula 3000 and sports car racing.

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