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The Last Road Race

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Last Road Race
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Richard Williams
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 155
ISBN/Barcode 9780753818510
ClassificationsDewey:796.72
Audience
General
Illustrations 16

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date 3 March 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

There has been much talk of how Grand Prix motor racing has become rather dull with big name, big brand winners ousting out all competition. But it wasn't always so. Once a romantic sport, motor sport produced heros whose where individual skill and daring were paramount. The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix marked the end of an era in motor racing. Sixteen cars and drivers raced over public roads on the Adriatic coast in a three-hour race of frightening speed and constant danger. Stirling Moss won the race, beating the great Juan Manuel Fangio (in his final full season) and ending years of supremacy by the Italian teams of Ferrari and Maserati. Richard Williams brings this pivotal race back to life, reminding us of how far the sport has changed in the intervening fifty years. The narrative includes testaments from the four surviving drivers who competed - Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks, Roy Salvadori and Jack Brabham.

Author Biography

Richard Williams is the chief sports correspondent for the Guardian and the bestselling author of THE DEATH OF AYRTON SENNA.