Description

The arrival of turbo engine technology and the harnessing of under-car aerodynamics in the late 1970s heralded a ten-year helter-skelter of quite remarkable progress as far as Grand Prix car design was concerned.

After a stagnant spell in the mid-1970s, during which just about every team apart from Ferrari produced the ‘British standard kit car’ based round the worthy Cosworth-Ford DFV, F1 entered an era which placed a premium on technical innovation, aerodynamic ingenuity, clever packaging and the use of aerospace materials such as carbon fibre and Kevlar.

In this book, F1 expert Alan Henry charts the dramatic change in tempo and examines in detail the way in which the whole technical landscape changed beyond recognition, highlighting his narrative with a look at some of the pivotal personalities, and the superb racing cars they produced, over an exciting and historic ten-year period.

Hardback in generally very good condition with good dust jacket. Minor previous tape marks to inside covers .