Formula 1 Curiosities: Volume 1 – 2023 Edition

The 2023 edition of Formula 1 Curiosities Volume 1 is updated up to the Qatar Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen won his third consecutive title, and it also contains some new great material. There is an article about the most dramatic editions of the Monaco Grand Prix, starting with the 1950 race, plus a curious article about drivers named John. It is an awesome collection of facts about the Formula 1 championship from 1950 to the present, including all your favorite drivers, from Moss, Fangio and Hawthorn to Hamilton, Verstappen and Vettel, and Stewart, Clark, Lauda, Schumacher, Senna, Mario, plus hundreds of others. A little bit of everything, such as year-by-year highlights with the most curious and obscure facts, grid formations, car numbers, sponsors, major failures, major achievements, the Indy 500 as a championship race, unusual fastest laps and pole positions, bad cars, bad engines, long careers (both drivers and car models), the bad times and the good times, world champion sabbaticals, use of Formula 1 name in other categories through history, the early and late bloomers, shared drives. Learn where World Champions raced during their GP careers. Grand Prix dynasties. Ferrari hits and misses. Insufficient challenges. A brief history of the United States Grand Prix. The Grand Prix that never happened is a popular feature. Engines, nationalities, nobility, eponymous team, it is all here. There are many fun stories, ideal for the legions who are just learning about the sport now, but also interesting for older fans who might have forgotten or not paid attention to such details, both old and new. This is not a statistics book per se – rather, it contextualizes thousands of facts in time, location, period and phases. Guaranteed to give you many hours of enjoyment. Many contemporary black and white photographs and sketches prepared by the author.

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