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The Official Review of the 2008 FIA Formula One Championship (2008)
So you thought the 2007 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP was close? Well 2008 was unbelievable! After 5,480 kilometres of racing the title was decided in the very last one. It was Formula One at its very best: Seven drivers won races, from five different teams, while four drivers headed the Championship standings. Kimi Räikkönen wanted to defend his title but it was team mate Felipe Massa who led Ferrari’s charge. Robert Kubica emerged as a surprise threat. But it was Lewis Hamilton who got the job done. Almost four hours of highlights. The best bits of what you saw and all the things you didn’t! Eighteen races of high-octane drama that took you to all corners of the world. Formula One's historic first night race in Singapore showed Formula One at its dynamic best. Nobody could escape misfortune. Watch multiple angles of the dramatic demise and the gripping comeback of each of the title contenders. Experience all the drama from exclusive pit lane footage, unique camera angles and the best from on board action. Five exclusive features take you up close and personal. Meet the key players in the new Force from India, flip through Fernando Alonso’s photo memories and share Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One ambitions before he put the dream into reality. Luck does not come into it… WITH DVD EXTRA FEATURES: The Return Of Ross Brawn The New Force From India Living The Dream With Sebastien Bourdais Fernando's Photo Memories Lewis Goes Back To The Future
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He seemed to be well positioned at Fiat, then the leading racing team but his friend Luigi Bazzi who had recently joined Enzo Ferrari at Alfa Romeo knew the ego that blazed inside Vittorio Jano could not be contained at the larger company. After the desultory results of the new Alfa P1, a Fiat copy no less, it was suggested by Bazzi that in order to succeed they needed to go to the source, they needed to kidnap “Jano”. It was a job that the equally ambitious Ferrari, a self-described troublemaker was born to. Yet Jano was not so easily moved, and according to legend he demanded a formal proposal from Alfa Romeo, imperiously dismissing Ferrari by stating that he would “speak to the organ grinder, not the monkey”. To the shock and dismay of his managers at Fiat, Vittorio was soon headed to Alfa Romeo.
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2009 Classic Grand Prix Calendar POWERED BY TURBO

Presenting the new Classic Formula 1 Grand Prix calendar. Theme for 2009 calendar is “Powered by Turbo.” A tribute to the rage and age of turbo era. Alain Prost, France’s greatest Formula 1 driver, graces the cover in the Principality of Monaco. Additional drivers include: Nelson Piquet, Gilles Villeneuve, Ayrton Senna, Didier Pironi, Keke Rosberg, Michele Alboreto, Nigel Mansell, Niki Lauda, Patrick Tambay, Rene Arnoux and Riccardo Patrese are all captured in beautiful images from the archives of Grand Prix Photo, a leading European motorsports photo studio. An added bonus is an interview with Francois Castaing, the Renault engineer who turbo-charged Formula 1. He shares the ‘moment’ that was Dijon-Prenois 1979, when Jean-Pierre Jabouille rode into history as the first turbo-charged Grand Prix winner.
Calendar size: Ships Finished 12 x 18. Flat 24 x 18 inch. $15.95 plus shipping. US $7.95 International $12.95 To order contact me at: me@ddavid.com