{"product_id":"formula-1-75-years-ferrari-1960-1965-the-hallowed-years-2-book-set","title":"Formula 1 75 Years \u0026 Ferrari 1960-1965 The Hallowed Years 2 Book Set","description":"\u003cb\u003eCelebrate 75 years of Formula 1 racing, from 1950 through the modern era, with this riveting pictorial history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is Formula 1, and then there are all other forms of motorsport. F1 is what every competition driver aspires to, whether they admit it or not. Top drivers, top teams, top racing cars, top tracks. It is the pinnacle of motor racing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormula 1 marks its 75th anniversary in 2025. Established as the top motorsport category in Europe in 1950, its grand-prix roots go back to the earliest days of the automobile. There was the first car, then there was the second car. The racing commenced shortly thereafter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by top F1 journalists Stuart Codling and James Roberts, \u003ci\u003eFormula 1 75 Years\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a thrilling ride through it all with: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA full history of the teams and their cars\u003c\/b\u003e, from the return of pre-war greats like Alfa Romeo, Mercedes, and Lancia to the rise of new specialists like Ferrari, Lotus, and Cooper up through today’s top competitors like Red Bull, Williams, and McLaren\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLegendary drivers\u003c\/b\u003e, including Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSidebars\u003c\/b\u003e highlighting key events, behind-the-scenes machinations, legendary cars, and every champion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStunning historic and contemporary photography\u003c\/b\u003e, with image selection and captions by top automotive photographer James Mann\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging and beautifully designed overview of the world’s greatest motorsport is a must-have for every fan’s collection.\n\u003cb\u003eThe subject of this book is Ferrari’s racing history from 1960 to 1965, a period that was one of the most successful in the marque’s history so far.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this era, which began with completion of the transition from front-engined to rear-engined configuration, Scuderia Ferrari won just about everything with a variety of iconic machinery that included the ‘shark-nose’ 156 and the fabled 250 GTO. Driving Formula 1 Ferraris, Phil Hill and John Surtees delivered two World Championship titles in the space of four years. Ferrari sports cars racked up a string of six consecutive victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours, a feat subsequently surpassed only by Porsche.  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1960: A year of transition in F1, struggling with the powerful front-engined Dinos while rear-engined Cooper blew away its rivals; Le Mans yielded five of the top six places with Testa Rossas placed 1–2. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1961: F1 supremacy with the all-conquering ‘shark-nose’ 156 — Ferrari’s design for the new 1½-litre formula — saw Phil Hill emerge as World Champion after Wolfgang von Trips’s death at Monza, and brought Ferrari’s first constructors’ title; another Testa Rossa sweep at Le Mans gave Olivier Gendebien his third Ferrari victory in this classic race and Phil Hill his second. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1962: After the departure of key engineering brains, F1 fortunes plummeted, with no victories all year; but Ferrari’s onward march in sports car and GT racing continued, enhanced by the arrival of the 250 GTO; Gendebien and Hill won Le Mans yet again. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1963: Former motorcycle champion John Surtees began the effort to restore F1 success against Lotus pre-eminence; Ferrari’s rear-engined sports cars finally bore fruit as Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti in a 250 P won Le Mans, where Ferraris now took the top six places. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1964: With the F1 title chase going down to the wire, John Surtees delivered another pair of drivers’ and constructors’ crowns driving the new V8-powered 158; Nino Vaccarella and Jean Guichet in their 275 P headed yet more Ferrari steamrolling success at Le Mans. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1965: The last year of 1½-litre F1 brought a lean Ferrari season while Lotus again dominated; sports car success continued, topped by an unexpected sixth consecutive Le Mans victory, achieved by Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory in a 250 LM. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e This book covers this period in detail for the first time and exclusively features the work of one of the greatest racing photographers ever.","brand":"Midlife Classic Cars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51965051109656,"sku":"KIT9780760394434\/9781910505816","price":112.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/kit97807603944349781910505816.jpg?v=1776467035","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/products\/formula-1-75-years-ferrari-1960-1965-the-hallowed-years-2-book-set","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}