Tyrrell The story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation
Ken Tyrrell’s famous Formula 1 racing team will forever be associated
with Jackie Stewart and the three World Championship titles they won
together. But the Tyrrell story is far bigger than that, embracing
nearly 40 action-packed years, from initial forays as an entrant in
Formula Junior in 1960 to eventual demise in 1998. Along the way, the
team with its larger-than-life proprietor was always universally
respected in the world’s Formula 1 paddocks, often as the plucky
underdog. In compiling this comprehensive history, the author has
interviewed dozens of surviving team members - including most of the
drivers and many mechanics - to gather their memories and present an
energetic, touching, compelling and above all entertaining narrative.
Published in the 50th anniversary year of Tyrrell’s last championship
title, this book will be treasured by all racing enthusiasts. Key contents: - Ken
Tyrrell’s career as a racing driver in the 1950s, moving on to become
an entrant of Formula Junior and Formula 3 single-seaters in the early
years of the following decade
- Establishing himself in Formula 2
with his star driver, Jackie Stewart, and also claiming the European
title in that category with Jacky Ickx in 1967
- Onwards to
Formula 1 in 1968, linking up with French constructor Matra, then
remarkably winning the 1969 World Championship with Jackie Stewart
- Achieving
almost immediate success as a constructor in a golden era that brought
two more Formula 1 titles for Jackie Stewart, in 1971 and 1973, but
ended in tragedy with the death of François Cevert
- The
extraordinary six-wheeler: Tyrrell sprung one of Formula 1’s biggest
surprises with a radical design that won a race but ultimately proved to
be a blind alley
- Falling down the grid as turbos took over,
although Tyrrell achieved final victories in glitzy city races in
America, in Las Vegas (1982) and Detroit (1983) - and brief notoriety
for technical chicanery in 1984
- Extended twilight: amidst
occasional flashes of excellence, notably from Jean Alesi in 1990, the
Tyrrell team’s latter years were difficult as Formula 1 also-rans, and
ended in 1998 after takeover by BAR
Hardcover, 23,5 x 28 cm, 480 Seiten, ca. 500 größtenteils farbige Abbildungen, englischer Text |