Formula One Circuits

Then & Now

Ewan McKenzie

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English

Ivy Press
06 March 2025

Sports & outdoor recreation; Sporting venues; Formula 1 & Grand Prix

This is a unique and compelling history guide to some of the classic grand prix tracks, paired with vintage images from the same viewpoint today to show how dramatically Formula One has changed – and not just the circuits, but all aspects of the sport from women drivers to team motorhomes. In the 1950s, all that prevented cars from entering Monaco Harbour were some straw bales, there was no pitlane, and races weren’t stopped for burning cars. This book includes historic aspects of F1 – such as Montjuïc Park, the site of the former Barcelona Grand Prix, illustrates what can happen when the tech gets out of control, with two cataclysmic failures of the high aerofoil wings over the bumpy surface, dumping Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt into the barriers at the same spot.

Then & now match-ups of well-known current circuits, such as Monaco, Spa, Zandvoort, Imola, and Silverstonealong with famous tracks that are currently ‘race fit’ but off the calendar, such as Hockenheim and Nurburgring, as well as circuits that will never run an F1 race again and have been swallowed up by nature, such as Rouen and Reim.

By: Ewan McKenzie
Imprint: Ivy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 248mm,
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780711298484
ISBN 10: 0711298483
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 06 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Ewan McKenzie is a writer and former F1 journalist and editor. He has worked as an F1 website producer and contributed to a variety of motoring magazines including a spell as deputy editor of F1 Racing magazine.