From the dust jacket:
As
Enzo Ferrari himself once said, Formula I racing is the most pure, and
prestigious form of automobile racing, and the one he loves most dearly. It
requires the most work, the most ingenuity and the most patience, the rewards
of success being negligible other than a complete satisfaction at having beaten
the best.
Enzo
Ferrari and his teams of Grand Prix automobiles have consistently beaten the
best, and, in the last 25 years, his cars have become as famous for their
aggressive beauty and brilliance of design as for their unequalled success in
Formula I racing.
Up until now very few books or magazine articles have covered Ferrari's Formula I efforts as a separate subject or in any detail. Usually, it was a cursory glance, or too intricately threaded through general histories of the Ferrari firm.
This present book, FERRARI: 25 YEARS OF FORMULA I, recounts solely Ferrari's Grand Prix history. It is a collection of 25 beautiful, detailed pen & ink drawings by John W. Barnes, Jr. of the 25 major Ferrari Grand Prix cars from 1948 to 1973. Accompanying each drawing is a comprehensive commentary of the car pictured, denoting its historical importance, its technical innovations, and its racing history.
It
is a definitive and prized addition to any Ferrari library.
