This is the biography of motor racing mechanic Tony Robinson, who worked with some of the great names of the sport in the 1950s and '60s. Tony started as one of the mechanics for Stirling Moss in 1954: the year of Stirling's first serious assault on the world championship. After a semi-nomadic period touring Europe with privateer Bruce Halford, who also raced a Maserati 250F, Tony joined the British Racing Partnership - a Formula One and Two team part-owned by (Sir) Stirling's father, Alfred. Stirling was driving a BRP-entered Lotus on the day of the accident that effectively ended his racing career. At BRP, Tony responded to the Lotus 25 by building what was the first monocoque F1 car following Colin Chapman's groundbreaker. He also designed a car for Indianapolis, before going on to work for Cooper. During his time in motor racing, Tony rubbed shoulders with such great names as Juan Manual Fangio and Mike Hawthorn; Stuart Lewis-Evans - whose manager was Bernie Ecclestone - was one of Tony's drivers, and McLaren's Ron Dennis worked for him during his time at Cooper. This is the fascinating story of one of motorsport's most enduring characters.
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Freelance journalist Ian Wagstaff won the Mercedes Benz Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy for his 2006 book, The British at Le Mans. This was followed, in 2010, by The British at Indianapolis. He wrote for Autosport and Motoring News before becoming press and promotions manager at Silverstone in the late 1970s. His current work for titles such as Racecar Engineering and Zytek Motorsport takes him to races throughout Europe and the USA. In addition to his work in racing, he has also written extensively on the automotive components industry, and has won the Pierre Dreyfus award for his work with The Economist Intelligence Unit.
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By W BRIGHAM
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A good read and good value for money. I would have liked more technical detail on the work done (as in the Alf Francis book ). The detail in the first chapter on the 1957 German Grand Prix was excellent.
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By Dilly
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Bought this book for my husband, who was in the business around the same time as Tony Robinson. Husband was enthralled and really enjoyed the book. I am sure he will read and re-read it.
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Do not buy this book even if you possess the merest modicum of knowledge of the English language. It simply is awful in terms of grammar, punctuation, and it is littered with typos throughout. I am staggered the publisher allowed its release in this abject form. I regret buying it and I certainly did not finish reading it. I threw it up into the loft where I hope hungry mice have a field day feeding on it. It does Ian Wagstaff no credit at all and certainly won't win him any further journalism awards. I lost count of the number of errors in the book but there are literally hundreds. In addition to this the number of times the word "such" is used, beggars belief. The other major criticism is it actually tells us very little about Tony Robinson's technical, design and build skills.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The BRP Story, in fact...
Motor racing seen from the mechanics' angle.
The story of BRP. from F2 to Indy, is interesting to read. Not very often this subject is treated. Read more
The story of BRP. from F2 to Indy, is interesting to read. Not very often this subject is treated. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Patrick Tison
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tony robinson
Great book, excellent photos, and printed on good quality paper. The only downside was too many errors in the text.
Published 3 months ago by Mr.R.Bowden
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OK
Quite a good read but not a patch on the Alf Francis biography.Lacked detailed technical information and the stories of relationships between drivers , mechanics, owners, and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by c m preston
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I found this a very engrossing book. A very welcome addition to my motor sport library.
Get it soon, well worth the modest outlay.
Get it soon, well worth the modest outlay.
Published 5 months ago by Mr. P. C. Anderson
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