“I live for the German sport.” Hans Bretz records the life of Bernd Rosemeyer, from the early days as a motor cycle rider and racer with hardly any experience in normal front engined race cars; he took a giant leap to becoming a driver for Auto Union. Later, this lack of experience was c..
“I live for the German sport.” Hans Bretz records the life of Bernd Rosemeyer, from the early days as a motor cycle rider and racer with hardly any experience in normal front engined race cars; he took a giant leap to becoming a driver for Auto Union. Later, this lack of experience was c..
Grand Prix Report Auto Union has a focus on the mechanics and engineers that were involved with these marvellous machines. Team photographs and correspondence are all reproduced within the book which has been carefully researched, and includes chassis number references as well as some detailed compo..
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..
In the romance of Grand Prix racing and racing cars, the six year period 1934-1939, saw the development and increase of speed in a new light. To break standard Grand Prix entries of the time from Italian and French manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Bugatti, the Germans produced the Silv..
A watershed work in the history of cars and racing, Quicksilver Century tears the veil of secrecy from a century of motor sports competition by the world's oldest auto maker. It sweeps aside the myths of Mercedes Benz in racing and takes its reader inside the boardrooms, experimental shops and t..
This book has been dedicated to previous owner by authorA watershed work in the history of cars and racing, Quicksilver Century tears the veil of secrecy from a century of motor sports competition by the world's oldest auto maker. It sweeps aside the myths of Mercedes Benz in racing and tak..
This is limited edition of 100 copiesA watershed work in the history of cars and racing, Quicksilver Century tears the veil of secrecy from a century of motor sports competition by the world's oldest auto maker. It sweeps aside the myths of Mercedes Benz in racing and takes its reader inside the..
This book is the outcome of a study of genuine Grand Prix racing and comprises a vast amount of information obtained first hand as to the organization and maintenance of the Mercedes-Benz team. George Monkhouse was permitted to visit the racing department at Stuttgart and is therefore able to give d..
Rivals, is the story of what are perhaps the best and least known Grand Prix cars of all: the Mercedes-Benz W196 and the Lancia D50. The W196 is an icon of racing car design, rightly remembered as one of the most innovative and successful GP cars of all time, winning all but three of the 12 Grandes ..
Even today, over fifty years after his death, the very name is enough to excite motor racing enthusiasts around the world, young and old alike, for Bernd Rosemeyer was one of the most gifted and charismatic drivers ever to grace the sport. Roserneyer! Is the fascinating story of two remarkable peopl..
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