Grand Prix

July 7, 2014

by Trevor Griffiths. Bloomsbury Publishing, £16.99.

Pedants of the world unite. Although motor racing reference books don’t have a long shelf-life (this one will effectively be out of date after this year’s South African GP), this is an excellent record of everything that has happened in World Championship motor racing from Silverstone 1950 to Adelaide 1991.

Results, reasons for retirement and drivers’ career records are all presented in strangely digestible form, considering that not one single photograph has been deployed between the covers.

It’s not exactly lightweight bedtime reading, but it is a most useful reference source. SA

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Simon Arron

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Intrigued by cars almost from birth, Simon was still at school when he persuaded a local newspaper editor that he really, really needed to run race reports from Oulton Park, Aintree and elsewhere. He has since followed the sport all over the planet and edited several titles, including Motoring News, Autocourse and this one (August 1991-October 1996).

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