- Stock: In Stock
- Author: Anthony Blight
- ISBN: 0854299440
- Publisher: Haynes
- Publication Year: 1996
- Revised: No
- Reprint: No
- Language: English
- Pages: 550
- Illustrations: Black and White
- Format: Hardback - With Dustjacket
- Signed Other: Bill Boddy
- Limited Edition: Yes
- Condition Book: Very Good
- Condition Dust Jacket: Very Good
- Dimensions: 278.00mm x 218.00mm
Limited and individually numbered edition. Only 1500 copies published. This book was prompted by the pre-war German domination of Grand Prix racing. Much previously unpublished information about the manufacturers, politics and personalities involved is presented in these pages, together with detailed technical analyses of the leading French sports racing marques. Such famous names as Bugatti, Delage, Delahaye, Simca-Fiat and Talbot are compared with their foreign competitors, Alfa Romeo, BMW, MG, Aston Martin, Lagonda and Bentley. Also included are accounts of the great racing battles fought by the leading French drivers of the day against their German and British counterparts at the races and rallies of the time, including Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, TT and Brooklands. This is all recorded in addition to full race results.