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Book Review: Ferrari in F1

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Review by Pete Vack

Eugenio Castelotti (Lancia) in the pits before the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix. Photo: Grand Prix Photo

For some of us, interest in F1 falters after so many years; where we could once recite by rote the winners of the six or seven F1 races in the 1950s, by the 1990s it was hard even to recall and name the World Champions, much less who won what in what. But Peter Nygaard’s book makes it easy…and a pleasure…to remember names and the battles that are lost to us in the mists of time and indifference. [Read more…] about Book Review: Ferrari in F1

Eugenio Castellotti by Graham Gauld

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Story and photos by Graham Gauld

From the VeloceToday archives, 2019. Lead image: A close-up of Castellotti at Dundrod in 1955, concentrating hard while accelerating away from the hairpin in the Ferrari 850 Monza.

There are times when we can all be rather pretentious. I fell into that trap thirty years ago when I had the idea of writing a subjective book on the psychology of the racing driver. I have always had an interest in the variety of people who come into motor sport and what makes them tick. I had read a lot about psychology in general, then dropped the idea when I realized what a fool I might have made of myself. However, if Central Casting in Hollywood were ever asked for a “racing driver type” back in the 1950s, they would have to have chosen Eugenio Castellotti.

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Eugenio Castellotti by Graham Gauld

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Eugenio Castellotti at the wheel of the Lancia-Ferrari at the 1956 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

There are times when we can all be rather pretentious. I fell into that trap thirty years ago when I had the idea of writing a subjective book on the psychology of the racing driver. I have always had an interest in the variety of people who come into motor sport and what makes them tick. I had read a lot about psychology in general, then dropped the idea when I realized what a fool I might have made of myself. However, if Central Casting in Hollywood were ever asked for a “racing driver type” back in the 1950s, they would have to have chosen Eugenio Castellotti. [Read more…] about Eugenio Castellotti by Graham Gauld

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