Code No: 15950

Price: $26.95

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Author: Williams, Richard

Published: 2005

Binding: Softcover

No. Pages: 152

Dimensions: 13 x 20

Illustrations: Two 8-page sections of black & white photographs plus a circuit map

Description: Pescara has the distinction of being the longest circuit ever used for a World Championship Grand Prix at just under 16 miles to the lap (25.58 km). It was also a true road circuit with all the challenges and dangers that are implied by that description. Cooper drivers Brabham and Salvadori hated the place, Vanwall drivers Moss and Brooks loved it.

Richard Williams tells the story of the classic race in 1957 that saw the emerging Vanwall team beat the best Italy could offer to win a real marathon of a race. Moss first, World Champion Fangio (Maserati) second, over 3 minutes behind. But the race was not only Moss and Fangio, Williams has interviewed the surviving drivers, Moss, Brooks, Brabham and Salvadori, to get a feel for the classic road racing circuit and give the reader a true picture of Pescara in 1957, the heat, the poor roads and the incredible speeds. No enthusiast will be able to put this book down.

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