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In the 1930s Sir Malcolm Campbell broke all land and water speed records. In the 1950s and 60s his son, Donald, did the same. Donald died when his boat, Bluebird, went too fast on Coniston Water. Gina Campbell now takes up the family legacy. She is the fastest woman in the world on water and she hop..

Bob Chamberlain was the consummate engineer. Never considering his lack of tertiary training to be an impediment, he was one of those "seat of the pants" engineers in whom innate ability, combined with supreme self-belief, produced some astounding results. Over his 84 years, he energetically pursued..

Colin Chapman's contribution to the post war world of international motor racing was immeasurable. From his first steps as a car designer in 1947, when he acquired a secondhand Austin Seven Tourer around which his first Lotus 'special' was based, to his highly sophisticated road and racing cars of t..

Derek Bell's twenty-year professional motor racing career has embraced a wider spectrum than any other British driver. Starting out with his sights firmly set on Formula 1, he quickly climbed the racing ladder from Formula 3, through Formula 2 and into Grand Prix racing as a member of the Ferrar..

Italian language book. It depicts the memories of Gioachino Colombo, whose long and successful career as a designer of Grand Prix racing cars was not only spent with Ferrari, as portrayed here, but with Bugatti and Maserati too. However, it was his twelve cylinder engine, adventurously designed for ..

The thirties was the era when nations raced: Germany, Italy, France and Britain each carrying their patriotism and nationalism to the rivalry of the race tracks. John Dugdale was in a perfect position to record the events of this momentous decade, joining The Autocar as a young reporter in the early..

Jim Clark won more World Championship Grands Prix than any other driver. He was the first European driver to win the Indianapolis 500 since the First World War, he was twice World Champion, three times Tasman Champion, and he won many other motor racing championship awards and trophies. But his grea..

At the age of eight, John Cooper was presented with a miniature car built by his father Charles: from that point onwards, John's life was to revolve around racing cars... The story really begins with two written-off Fiat 500 `Topolinos' that were cannabilised, in the austere days following World War..

These stunning books are sold as a set. They cover in great detail the drivers, circuits and championship season of the specified years. Fully illustrated throughout in both black and white and colour images. The close up photographs of the engines are simply stunning. Volume 1: 352 Pages, Published..

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This book has been dedicated to the previous ownerBernard Cahier was just five years old when his father took him to see his first motor race, the 1932 Miramas Grand Prix. He was so entranced by the spectacle and the smells that he decided he would become a racing driver. The war, though, put pa..