Formula 1 - seldom has the combination of a word and a number spelled more magic In the wake of the term swims a world of connotations: a roaring combatant sport, the ultimate form of competition, perfectly in keeping with the era of mobility, entertainment at its very best, sheer drama in which even death used to have a firm place, although its menace оешцы has almost ceased to be palpable for today's safety-conscious and safety-coddled generation of drivers A complete posthumous starting grid could be composed just from their ancestors who lost their lives in the red racers from Maranello And it brings back the memories of fascinating characters, the monumental authority of one Juan Manuel Fangio, the reclusive withdrawnness of one Jim Clark, the spectacular dare-devilry of one Giles Villeneuve, the enigma that was Ayrton Senna What appeared in contour during the Mercedes comeback in the mid-fifties, has long become the norm at the beginning of the third millennium: At the latest when the little grandee Bernie Ecclestone took over the running of the grand prix enterprise, the production of the merchandise speed turned into an industry In the sixties the former Lotus driver Roy Salvadori ran the Cooper-Maserati team with a staff of six Today the likes of Michael Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya or Kimi Raikkonen are supported by workforces of up to 500 specialists This book gives a comprehensive pictorial insight into the Formula 1 phenomenon - then as now Иллюстрации Авторы Райнер В Шлегелмилх Rainer Schlegelmilch Хартмут Лебринк Lehbrink Hartmut.  Жизнь, похожаяИздательство: Feierabend Verlang OHG, 2004 г Суперобложка, 392 стр ISBN 3-89985-324-5.