{"product_id":"autocourse-20212022-isbn-9781910584460","title":"Autocourse 2021-2022","description":"71st YEAR - First published in 1951 - The longest running motor racing yearbook. Independent and authoritative editorial combined with the sport's finest photography \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite the pandemic, AUTOCOURSE celebrated its 70th year of publication in 2020, a year turned on its head by Covid-19. Thanks to the FIA and racing’s management, F1 was rescued, with a compelling 17-race championship spanning Europe and the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For 2021 a record 22-race schedule was planned, and despite changes to venues, the F1 championship was very much up and running by March 2021.\u003cbr\u003e Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton – now the winningest driver in history – broke more records. The Briton smashed through the 100 pole-position barrier, and moved inexorably toward a century of Grand Prix wins in the face of a real championship challenge from Max Verstappen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Red Bull Racing and Honda seemed to have all but matched Mercedes to provide the fans with a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle, which would end up with some controversial collisions as the season reached boiling point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Authors Tony Dodgins and Maurice Hamilton, combining almost 80 years of F1 expertise, examine each round in depth. Full race reports are backed by detailed results, including lap charts and tyre strategies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The nuances of F1’s designs and development are analysed team by team by the much-respected Mark Hughes, enhanced by Adrian Dean’s handsome F1 car illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e Motor racing’s other major categories are also fully covered: Toyota’s WEC and Le Mans sports car successes; the closely-fought F2 and Formula 3 championships, featuring emerging young talent from around all continents the world; and Nick de Vries emerging victorious in the tight fought Formula E series for electric powered single seaters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e AUTOCOURSE includes all the hectic action from the top Touring Car series – the World Touring Car Cup and the British Touring Car Championships as well as the reconfigured DTM Series now running GT cars from Audi, Mercedes, BMW and Ferrari.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From America, Gordon Kirby recounts a thrilling Indycar series, featuring a mix of youthful talent such as Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward, both of who were vying to overturn the established veterans who have dominated proceedings over the past decade. In an emotional return, Helio Castroneves took record equalling fourth Indy 500 victory, whilst an appreciation is made to paid to the legendary three-time Indy 500 winner the late Bobby Unser. The ever-popular NASCAR stock car series ran from February to November with barely a weekend’s break, to feature more than forty races before the final championship play-off round at Phoenix, Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a single essential volume, AUTOCOURSE provides the most comprehensive record of world motor sport, complete with full results not found anywhere in a single volume.\u003cbr\u003e It is required reading for all motor sport fans worldwide","brand":"Icon Publishing Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897279279333,"sku":"NP9781910584460","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/005e202f-731a-415b-b1d3-adb50162435b.jpg?v=1767829254","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/autocourse-20212022-isbn-9781910584460","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}