Formula 1: The Controversies & The Champions 2 Book Set

Warring team-mates, cheating engineers, striking drivers, fake crashes, and avoidable tragedies—Formula 1: The Controversies looks at the scandals that have rocked motor sport’s top series.  

Spanning 75 years of racing drama, this book explores the defining flashpoints of Formula One history, including Oscar Piastri’s contested move to McLaren and the power struggles within Red Bull. You’ll revisit bitter team‑mate battles such as Prost vs Senna, cases of industrial espionage, race‑fixing, and even world champions attempting to game the qualifying process at Monaco. 

You’ll discover: 

• Some of the craftiest attempts to bypass the tech rules from Benetton to Ferrari.
• The spying revelations that almost bankrupted McLaren.
• A scandal that ended the reign of F1’s most controversial boss.
• The furious team-mate battle at Ferrari, when neither driver finished the season.
• A grand prix in Spain where teams fixed the crash barriers themselves.
• A beloved German driver who died on the brink of world championship glory. 
• How the son of a world champion ‘fixed’ F1’s first nightrace.
• The modern-day tragedy of Jules Bianchi—and how it almost happened again… 
• Why James Hunt was wrong to blame Riccardo Patrese for a tragedy at Monza.
• When Sebastian Vettel flouted team orders to get payback on his team-mate.
• The years-long feud between two of the greatest drivers in F1 history.
• How Ferrari’s love of team orders spectacularly backfired (at a cost of $1m). 

Bask in Formula One glory with this 75th Anniversary edition of The Champions, featuring exhilarating photography and expert commentary.

Since the Grand Prix’s start in 1950, just 34 men have achieved the accolade of F1 World Champion. For the first time, legendary F1 commentator Maurice Hamilton and award-winning photographers Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier bring the heroes of this iconic sport together, in a stunning photographic portrayal of the poise, skill and winning mindset that separates the fast from the furious, the elite from the talented.

Formula One and its champions are brought to life with:

• An exquisitely written profile of each of the 34 F1 World Champions, with key details from the driver’s life and F1 career
• Stunning photography of the drivers and their cars, both on and off the track
• Historic interviews with the sport’s lost heroes, including James Hunt and Ayrton Senna
• Exclusive quotes from icons such as Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg
• A brand new foreword by Damon Hill, former F1 World Champion.

Debate has raged over which driver is the best of the best. It is impossible to say. But that will not deter energetic and informed discussion, usually predicated on a personal preference swayed by affection. Each of these champions will have experienced and delivered pulse-raising performances many times over.
 
Fully revised and updated for the 75th Anniversary and with a new foreword by F1 legend Damon Hill, with this handsome homage to the most ferocious of sports and the incredible sportsmen who drive at the edge in pursuit of greatness, it is time to choose your favourite F1 Champion.