Formula One celebrated its 70th birthday last week. A few names from that illustrious first chapter in F1's rich history are well known. Fangio, Ascari, Farina and Moss are all names that speak to the imagination. But beyond that, many names will often illicit a response along the lines of ‘who?' That might be because the early days of F1 aren't as well documented as its later years. Names and pictures might be harder to come by and some of it might just have been lost to history. Luckily, that's where Formula 1: Car By Car 1950-59 comes in. Written by experienced motorsport writer Peter Higham, the book is the latest in a series that has previously covered the 1960s, 70s and 80s....
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