Grand Prix has a huge following in the UK, not to mention more general fans of motorsport - Classic Car magazine, for example, has a montly circulation of over 55,000 copies. Harks back to a time when the skill of the driver was more important than the machine 'A very human story - and a good yarn too - that comes to life with interviews with the surviving drivers' Observer 'A vivid and nostalgic account of the end of an era in motor racing...an evocative and compelling account by an author who knows and loves his subject. Williams writes with understanding, sympathy and real authority. You sense the spirit of the times in his pages, and you almost smell the nitromethane that fired up those engines' Daily Telegraph 'Anyone captivated by images of the challenging Pescara road circuit, with privateer 250Fs power sliding around dusty apexes, will enjoy this vivid and neatly packaged history...Williams puts you right there on that hot August day and brings alive the titanic early battle between Musso's Ferrari and eventual winner Moss's Vanwall' Classic & Sports Car
Richard Williams is the chief sports correspondent for the Guardian and the bestselling author of THE DEATH OF AYRTON SENNA.
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