Formula One has been endangering the lives of its drivers and thrilling its fans since its inaugural season of 1950.
Charles Jennings tells the fast and dangerous story of motor sport's premier competition. He explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the irresistible rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s and the revolution wrought on the sport by computers in the 1990s.
Throughout, he offers memorable profiles of the drivers who have risked life and limb on circuits from Monte Carlo to Monza.
