BRM The Saga Of British Racing Motors Volumes 1 & 2 DOUG NYE

Description: This 2 volume set reveals the tortured history of Britain's most emotionally charged and passionately operated Formula 1 racing team. The first volume coveres the birth of BRM, and takes readers through the years of the troublesome V16 cars and the 4-cylinder 2.5 litre models of the 1950's. The second volume takes the story forward into the V8 era with the last of the cars built around a tubular chassis. It covers the most successful period in the Formula 1 team's career, including the World Championship won with Graham Hill in 1962, the first two of his five wins at Monaco and the first two of his three victories in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. Having access to the BRM company files, the authors have been able to delve deeply into the emotion-charged background to the BRM team's final emergence as a Grand Prix front runner, to their involvement in the Tasman races in Australasia and to their first foray at Le Mans with the Rover-BRM gas turbine cars. The team's creator Raymond Mays and its great benefactor Sir Alfred Owen, as well as drivers like Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio, Froilan Gonzales, Tony Brooks, Jo Bonnier and many other stars of the past all figure prominently in this remarkable motor racing saga. Twin set in very good condition, Vol:2 being slightly better as printed many years later..some shelf wear..please see photographs. VOL : 1 ISBN: 9780947981372CONDITION : GOOD TO VERY GOOD CONDITION ....shelf wear too dust jacket.. slight discolouration to pages due to age..in no way spoils the book..please see photographs..432 pages..many period black and white photographs. VOL: 2 VERY GOOD CONDITION .... shelf wear too dust jacket..otherwise fine.368 Pages ..many black and white period photographs Private sale Owned from new Free Postage

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