Publisher's Synopsis
From the first championship, won by Nino Farina with his Alfa and his famous cigar between his lips, to Hamilton's heroic exploits, taking in en route all the legends of Formula 1: Ascari, Fangio, Lauda, Senna, Prost and Schumacher are just some of the protagonists in this book. A spectacular account of the winners, their extraordinary cars and their duels, but also a story of big defeats and great heroes who, while they didn't win the championship, still became legends: Gilles Villeneuve above all.
