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Burning Rubber: The Extraordinary Story of Formula One

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by Charles Jennings


  reorganisation

  rise of

  road cars

  and Schumacher

  sponsorship

  and turbo technology

  and Villeneuve

  Ferrari, Dino

  Ferrari, Enzo

  FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile)

  Fiat

  Finland

  Firestone

  FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobiloe)

  Fish, Calvin

  Fisichella, Giancarlo

  Fittipaldi, Christian

  Fittipaldi, Emerson

  character and appearance

  wins 1972 Championship

  Fittipaldi, Maria Helena

  Fittipaldi Automotive

  FOCA (Formula One Constructors Association)

  football

  Force India

  Ford

  Forghieri, Mauro

  Formula Ford

  Formula One

  audience for

  as big business

  bureaucracy and finance

  changed centre of gravity

  ethics

  FISA-FOCA wars

  geography

  length of season

  newspaper interest

  origins

  rules changed

  sponsorship and costs

  television coverage

  see also tracks

  Formula Three

  Formula Two

  Formule Libre

  Forte, Charles

  Francis, Alf

  Frank Williams Racing Cars

  French Grand Prix

  1976

  1979

  Frentzen, Heinz-Harald

  fuel

  Fuji Speedway

  Fukui, Takeo

  Gabor, Zsa Zsa

  Gavea

  George VI, King

  German Grand Prix

  1954

  1957

  1976

  1982

  1991

  1994

  1996

  Gethin, Peter

  Giambertone, Marcello

  Ginther, Richie

  girls

  Gonzales, Jose Friolán

  Goodwood

  Goodyear

  Gotu, Osamu

  Grace, Princess

  Graffenried, ‘Toulo’ de

  Graham, George

  Gran Premio de Penya Rhin

  Grand Prix

  circuits see tracks

  number of

  origins of

  prize money

  Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA)

  Grand Prix Manufacturers’ Association

  Grand Prix de Paris

  Grand Prix de Pau

  Grandes Épreuves

  ground-effect

  Gurney, Dan

  Haas Lola

  Hagman, Larry

  Hakkinen, Mika

  Hamilton, Duncan

  Hamilton, Lewis

  wins Championship 2008

  Hamilton, Maurice

  Hart, Brian

  Hawthorn, Leslie

  Hawthorn, Mike

  appearance

  character

  and Collins

  death

  and Ferrari

  Le Mans crash 1955

  National Service scandal

  partying

  private life

  record

  relationship with Moss

  wins Championship 1958

  Hayes, Walter

  Head, Patrick

  Herbert, Johnny

  Hesketh, Thomas Alexander Femour, Lord

  Hesketh Racing

  Heuer chronometer company

  Hickman, Ron

  Hill, Bette

  Hill, Damon

  on Frank Williams

  Spanish Grand Prix 1994

  and Williams

  wins 1996 Championship

  Hill, Graham

  accident at Watkins Glen

  appearance

  and BRM

  character

  crash at Spanish Grand Prix

  (1969)

  death

  engineering skills

  failure to win

  later career

  and Lotus

  and media

  partying

  record

  rescues Stewart at Spa

  Spanish Grand Prix, 1968

  victories at Monaco

  wins Championship 1968

  Hill, Phil

  Hitler, Adolf

  Hockenheim

  Hocking, Gary

  Holden, William

  Honda

  Hopkins, ‘Tex’

  Horsley, ‘Bubbles’

  Hulme, Denny

  Hungarian Grand Prix

  Hunnlein, Adolf

  Hunt, James

  appearance

  background

  British Grand Prix 1976

  character

  excesses

  German Grand Prix 1976

  and Hesketh Racing

  and McLaren

  on Mansell

  retirement

  wins Championship 1976

  Hunt, Suzy

  Ickx, Jacky

  Imola

  Imperial Tobacco

  India

  Indianapolis Speedway

  Brickyard 400

  Indianapolis 500

  Indy Car

  International Glover Trophy Race

  Ireland, Innes

  Irvine, Eddie

  Istanbul

  Italian Grand Prix

  1924

  1952

  1953

  1958

  1970

  1972

  Jabouille, Jean-Pierre

  Jaguar

  Japanese Grand Prix

  1976

  1988

  1989

  1990

  1993

  1996

  Jarama

  Jardine, Douglas

  Jenkinson, Denis

  Jerez

  Jersey

  John Player & Sons

  Jones, Alan

  and Williams

  Jones, Bernie

  Jones, Parnelli

  Jordan, Eddie

  Jordan Grand Prix

  Kent, Duke of

  Kenward, Moi

  King, Hugh Locke

  Klein, Christian

  Kling, Karl

  Komatsu

  Laffite, Jacques

  Lampredi, Aurelio

  Lancia

  Lang, Hermann

  Las Vegas Grand Prix

  Lauda, Nicki

  accident at Nürburgring

  British Grand Prix 1976

  character

  and Ferrari

  on Hunt

  and Jaguar

  Japanese Grand Prix 1976

  and McLaren

  on Piquet

  on Prost

  record

  on Rosberg

  on Schumacher

  Le Mans

  24 Hours

  1955 accident at

  Grand Prix d’Endurance

  Levegh, Pierre

  Lewis-Evans, Stuart

  Leyton House

  Life

  Ligier

  Lola Racing Cars

  Long Beach

  Lotus

  active suspension

  and Andretti

  and Chapman

  and Clark

  Constructors’ title 1973

  failure rates

  financial problems

  and Hill

  models

  and Moss

  and Piquet

  record

  and Rindt

  and Senna

  Spanish Grand Prix 1968

  sponsorship

  twin-chassis

  Lunger, Brett

  McEnroe, John

  Macklin, Lance

  McLaren

  1988 season


  and Alonso

  carbon-fibre chassis

  efficiency

  and Hunt

  and Lauda

  and Lewis Hamilton

  models

  and Prost

  public image

  record

  relations with Ferrari

  and Senna

  sponsorship

  McLaren, Bruce

  McNab, Neil

  Malaysian Grand Prix

  Manchester United

  Mansell, Greg

  Mansell, Leo

  Mansell, Nigel

  British Grand Prix 1986

  on Button

  character

  and Ferrari

  on Hamilton

  income

  Indy Car champion

  and Lotus

  and Piquet

  and Prost

  record

  and Williams

  wins Championship 1992

  March Engineering

  Marimón, Onofre

  Marlboro

  Martinelli, Paolo

  Maserati

  and Fangio

  models

  and Moss

  Mass, Jochen

  Massa, Felipe

  Matra

  Mayer, Teddy

  Mays, Raymond

  media invasiveness

  Melbourne

  Mercedes

  and Fangio

  models

  and Moss

  sports cars

  Mercedes-Benz

  Merzario, Arturo

  Mexican Grand Prix

  Michelin

  Miles, John

  Mille Miglia

  Minardi

  Mobil

  Monaco Grand Prix

  1956

  1961

  1984

  1988

  2006

  Hill’s victories at

  street circuit

  monococque construction

  Monteverdi, Peter

  Montezemola, Luca di

  Monza

  layout and fatalities

  Morgan, Dave

  Mosley, Max

  Mosley, Sir Oswald

  Moss, Stirling

  accident at Goodwood 1962

  Argentine Grand Prix 1958

  awarded OBE

  British Grand Prix 1955

  and Cooper

  and Fangio

  and Ferrari

  on Graham Hill

  on Hamilton

  and Hawthorn

  and Lotus

  and Maserati

  and Mercedes

  Monaco Grand Prix 1961

  record

  rise of

  on Schumacher

  and Vanwall

  Motor Racing Developments see Brabham

  Murray, Gordon

  Musso, Luigi

  Nannini, Alessandro

  National Maritime Institute

  Nazi regime

  Neubauer, Alfred

  Newman/Haas team

  newspaper coverage

  non-Championship events

  Nürburgring

  1,000 km

  Collins killed at

  Fangio’s win at (1957)

  Lauda’s accident 1976

  new

  Stewart’s win at (1968)

  Nuvolari, Tazio

  Oliver, Jackie

  Onyx

  Orriss, Viv

  Oscar Gálvez track

  Oscar (James Hunt’s dog)

  Osella/Fondmetal

  Österreichring

  Owen, Sir Alfred

  Pace, Carlos

  Paletti, Riccardo

  Palmer, Jonathan

  Panasonic

  Panhard et Levassor

  Parent, Gaston

  Paris–Madrid (1903)

  Paris–Rouen Trial (1894)

  Parnell, Reg

  Parnelli Team

  Patrese, Riccardo

  Pau

  Pedralbes

  Perón, Evita

  Pescara

  Peterson, Ronnie

  Peugeot

  Phillippe, Maurice

  Phoenix

  Piccinini, Marco

  Piquet, Nelson

  and Brabham

  character and behaviour

  earnings

  on Fittipaldi

  on Lauda

  and Lotus

  and Mansell

  record

  and Senna

  wins Championship 1981

  wins Championship 1983

  wins Championship 1987

  Piquet, Nelson Junior

  Pironi, Didier

  Porsche

  Porsche, Ferdinand

  Portago, Fon de

  Portuguese Grand Prix

  1958

  1996

  Postlethwaite, ‘Doc’ Harvey

  Project Four Racing

  Prost, Alain

  1988 season

  character

  and Ferrari

  on Jones

  on Lauda

  and McLaren

  and Mansell

  record

  and Renault

  retirement

  rivalry with Senna

  sabatical year

  and Williams

  wins Championship 1985

  wins Championship 1986

  wins Championship 1993

  Prost, Nicolas

  Prost (team)

  Purley, David

  Race of Champions

  Racer magazine

  Raikkonen, Kimi

  Rainier, Prince

  RAM

  Ratzenberger, Roland

  rear engines

  Red Bull

  Regazzoni, Clay

  Reims

  Renault

  and Alonso

  models

  and Piquet Junior

  and Prost

  and turbo technology

  Renault, Marcel

  Repco

  Reutemann, Carlos

  Revson, Peter

  Rindt, Jochen

  appearance

  death

  posthumous Championship

  Rindt, Nina

  risk-taking

  Riverside (California)

  R.J. Reynolds

  Rodriguez, Pedro

  Rodriguez, Ricardo

  Rolls-Royce

  Rosberg, Keke

  Rosberg, Nico

  Rosemeyer, Bernd

  Rossellini, Roberto

  Rudd, Tony

  Salazar, Eliseo

  Salo, Mika

  Salvadori, Roy

  San Marino Grand Prix

  1982

  1989

  1994

  São Paulo

  Sato, Takuma

  Sauber

  Scheckter, Jody

  Scheckter, Tomas

  Schell, Harry

  Schlesser, Jean-Louis

  Schlesser, Jo

  Schumacher, Corinna

  Schumacher, Michael

  Belgian Grand Prix 1992

  and Benetton

  Brazilian Grand Prix 2006

  cars of

  character

  disqualifications

  earnings

  and Ferrari

  and Jordan

  Monaco Grand Prix 2006

  record

  retirement

  San Marino Grand Prix 1994

  US Grand Prix 2000

  wins Championship 1994

  wins Championship 1995

  wins Championships 2000-4

  Schumacher, Mick

  Schumacher, Ralf

  Scuderia Ferrari see Ferrari

  Sebring track

  12 Hours

  Second World War

  airfields

  Segrave, Henry

  Senna, Ayrton

  background

 

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