Grid to Glory : 75 Milestone Formula One Moments

A celebratory look at the world of Formula 1, featuring the incredible stories that made this magnificent sport what it is today, both known and never-before-told.

<p><b>Celebrating the Formula One World Championship’s 75th season in unique, sometimes poignant, sometimes shocking and always high-energy style with Channel 4’s face of F1, Alex Jacques.</b><br><br><b>‘Epic from lights out to </b><b>chequered</b><b> flag.’ – Steve Jones </b><br><br><b>‘Behind the scenes of F1’s rich history. A must read.’ Lee McKenzie</b><br><br>Over 75 chapters, Alex Jacques tells <b>the story of Formula One’s rise, fall and recovery</b> through the <b>extraordinary moments</b> that shaped the <b>world’s most dramatic sport</b>. Covering the teams, the drivers, the bosses and the pit crews, Alex Jacques truly takes us trackside to feel the energy and hear from the personalities we love to watch.<br><br>With stories ranging from the huge personalities that make up the sport – and the hijinks they wreak at every turn – to a simple misreading of regulations that led to the creation of a monster car, to Lewis Hamilton's shock move to Ferrari and Romain Grosjean's death-defying Man on Fire crash, <i>Grid to Glory </i>brings together some of the most iconic moments in the sport’s history, making it a classic F1 title.<br><br><b>Colourfully written</b> and encompassing every aspect of the unique composition of elite motorsport – glamour, rivalry, death, strategy, technology, business and controversy – this book will appeal to old and new fans of the sport, as its mix of known and <b>never-before-told stories</b> provide context to some of the most talked-about incidents in sporting history.</p>