Remarkable Motor Races

Remarkable Motor Races features a collection of the some of the most amazing motor racecourses from across the world, captured in beautiful photographs that transport you right into to the thrill of the race.
aEUROoeThere have been plenty of books about races and race tracks. But none with the depth and scope of this oneaEURO| A fascinating collection of stories reaching outside the world of F1 to the wider motorsport diaspora.aEURO aEURO" GP Racing

Ever since Ferenc Sziz won the original aEURO~grand prixaEURO (TM) race at Le Mans in 1906 man has been racing machines for sport. Remarkable Motor Races gathers together some of the most epic challenges on four wheels that exist today, from the Dakar rally in the sand-blown deserts of Saudi Arabia to the glamorous F1 Monaco Grand Prix, or the aEURO~Race to the CloudsaEURO (TM), scaling ColoradoaEURO (TM)s Pikes Peak at speed on a track lacking safety barriersaEURO|

The BBCaEURO (TM)s chief F1 writer, Andrew Benson, has assembled some of the greatest races and the race circuits associated with them aEURO" globally recognized names such as Monza, Silverstone, Spa, Daytona, Le Mans, Indianapolis, Nurburgring and Laguna Seca aEURO" and explores their rich history of triumph and tragedy.

There are also the storied, long-distance road races now resurrected for classic cars and run as regulation rallies, such as the Targa Florio and the Mille Miglia, or the celebrated World Rally Championship events like the Acropolis, Monte Carlo and Rally Finland where cars are regularly airborne on serial jumps.

The book features:

aEUROc original interviews with Fernando Alonso, Jacky Ickx, Gil de Ferran, Daniel Ricciardo, Helmut Marko, Zak Brown, Kevin Magnussen, John Watson, Carlos Sainz and Mark Webber coupled with over 300 dramatic photographs from the worldaEURO (TM)s best motorsport photographers

aEUROc a range of motorsport from the megabucks grands prix of F1 to a hillclimb run through Breton farmyards

aEUROc Find out how Taylor Swift helped save the USGP in Austin and how Helmut Marko was once summoned by a mafia don

aEUROc Featuring races from F1, DTM, NASCAR, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship, V8 Supercars and even the Craftsman Truck Series

aEUROc Includes races/circuits in Andorra, Abu Dhabi, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Britain, Canada, China, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Las Vegas, Japan, Saudi Arabia, USA