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Driven

by Susie Wolff

British Woman Kart Racing Driver of the Year. Formula E Team Principal. Head of the F1 Academy. An MBE for services to Women in Sport. Do you need more reasons to want to read this bio??

Luca: Seeing Red

presented by Chris Harris

Is this documentary film about a key Ferrari leader a biopic or a bromance? In its own words it’s a love letter to the greatest car boss ever. Watch it anyway—there’s good archival footage. And it’s well lit. Being a film, this matters.

Lella Lombardi – The Tigress of Turin, Her Authorised Biography

by Jon Saltinstall

When tearing around town as a delivery driver for the family butcher shop wasn’t enough she took up karting and let her competitive spirit take her into pro-level racing. The arc of her career changed perceptions of women in racing.

Superveloce: How Italian Cars Conquered the World 

by Peter Grimsdale

Just what is it about Italian cars that gets the blood flowing so? That question never seems to get old—even if a definitive answer remains elusive. There’s food for thought here, but it’s not the last word.

Whitney Straight – Racing Driver, War Hero, Industrialist

by Paul Kenny

Born into a prominent family, he hated being referred to as the “Boy Millionaire Race Track Idol”—but he was all that and more, and on his own merits. He would have been more still if he hadn’t died young, at 66. And then this fine book would have had to be even longer!

Grid to Glory: 75 Milestone Formula One Moments

by Alex Jacques

Reading this colorful book you can easily have the author’s high-energy broadcast voice in your ear. It must have been hard to distill 75 years into 75 “moments” but apparently there are some never-before-told stories in the mix.

Formula 3000: Where Legends Earned Their Stripes

by James Newbold

Quicker, cheaper, more open racing—F3000 was supposed to bring all that. It lasted some 20 years so something must have been missed.

Lamborghini – The Man Behind the Legend

written and directed by Robert Moresco

A terrible movie—don’t get your hopes up. We review it because, well, it was a slow day on the ranch.

The Blunt End of the Known Universe: Road Trips and Modern Fables 

by Dave Roberts

With wry wit, this memoir touches on a wide range of subjects and experiences, bookended by two road trips. What through line there is is . . . unconventional.

F1® The Movie

directed by Joseph Kosinski

If you watched actual F1 racing in 2023/24 you might have espied an extra pit box—for the fictional team at the center of this movie. Its $200,000,000 budget rivaled that of some real teams but did it buy the best racing film ever?

Le Mans 2000–09, The Official History of the World’s Greatest Motor Race

by John Brooks

Here is the eight installment of the decade-by-decade coverage that is officially licensed with the race organizer.

Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark 

by Dan Richards

A celebration of all things nocturnal, which obviously include matters related to transportation, hence a review here. But the book also speaks to the human condition, from nightmares to hope.

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