Ever since Ferenc Sziz won the original ‘grand prix’ race at Le Mans in 1906 man has been racing machines for sport. Remarkable Motor Races gathers together some of the most epic challenges on four wheels that exist today, from the Dakar rally in the sand-blown deserts of Saudi Arabia to the glamorous F1 Monaco Grand Prix, or the ‘Race to the Clouds’, scaling Colorado’s Pikes Peak at speed on a track lacking safety barriers?

The BBC’s chief F1 writer, Andrew Benson, has assembled some of the greatest races and the race circuits associated with them – globally recognized names such as Monza, Silverstone, Spa, Daytona, Le Mans, Indianapolis, Nurburgring and Laguna Seca – and explores their rich history of triumph and tragedy.

There are also the storied, long-distance road races now resurrected for classic cars and run as regulation rallies, such as the Targa Florio and the Mille Miglia, or the celebrated World Rally Championship events like the Acropolis, Monte Carlo and Rally Finland where cars are regularly airborne on serial jumps.

The book features:

original interviews with Fernando Alonso, Jacky Ickx, Gil de Ferran, Daniel Ricciardo, Helmut Marko, Zak Brown, Kevin Magnussen, John Watson, Carlos Sainz and Mark Webber coupled with over 300 dramatic photographs from the world’s best motorsport photographers

a range of motorsport from the megabucks grands prix of F1 to a hillclimb run through Breton farmyards

Find out how Taylor Swift helped save the USGP in Austin and how Helmut Marko was once summoned by a mafia don

Featuring races from F1, DTM, NASCAR, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship, V8 Supercars and even the Craftsman Truck Series

Includes races/circuits in Andorra, Abu Dhabi, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Britain, Canada, China, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Las Vegas, Japan, Saudi Arabia, USA

At the heart of Formula One lies the triumphs and tragedies of the sport’s greatest stars. The drama, personality and thrill of the sport are all tied to the cult drivers who have made racing so great to watch. Only the fastest and bravest survive!

With a foreword by Christian Horner, Team Principal of Red Bull Racing, Formula One: The Legends profiles 32 of F1’s iconic drivers from the 1950s to the present day. As well as examining the racers of the past, such as Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost and Aryton Senna, the text profiles  modern-day legends such as Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and legend-in-the-making Max Verstappen.

Uniquely, this book also features stars of the sport who tragically died or were terribly injured before they could realise their true potential, but nevertheless left a lasting legacy.

Decade by decade since the championship was founded, this book profiles the following legends of F1: Ascari, Fangio, Moss, Hawthorn, Brabham, Graham Hill, McLaren, Gurney, Surtees, Clark, Stewart, Rindt, Andretti, Fittipaldi, Lauda, Hunt, Jones, Gilles Villeneuve, Piquet, Prost, Mansell, Senna, Häkkinen, Schumacher, Damon Hill, Button, Alonso, Räikkönen, Rosberg, Vettel, Hamilton, Verstappen.  

This is a unique exploration of Formula One racing, with a focus on the most revered Formula One drivers of all time. A standout gift for fans of the sport, this collection includes expert photography to highlight the greatest moments of these drivers’ careers. Fascinating and insightful, with informed voices from the sport, this is a collection not to be missed.