If you want to know what it's like to negotiate with Enzo Ferrari, chase Ron Dennis with a hammer, score points when everyone knows you shouldn’t, and bring a Grand Prix promoter to his knees, read this book! In an increasingly grey, corporate paddock, where people were scared of their own shadows, Minardi harked back to a better time. Minardi, Stoddart, Ecclestone, Walker, Martini, Nannini, Campos, Fittipaldi, Mansell, Badoer, Fisichella, Gene, Alonso, Webber, Yoong, Wilson, Bruni and Albers are among the contributors, and that’s before we get to fascinating insights from engineers and mechanics. This is the one and only inside account, with exclusive, comprehensive interviews with bosses, drivers and engineers. 145 unique photos complete this revelationary tale.

THE AUTHOR
Simon Vigar has beaten Nigel Mansell at karting and taken Michael Schumacher for tuition laps in an F430 at Fiorano. Simon keeps his feet on the ground working as motor sport correspondent for LBC Radio in London and has reported from many Grands Prix. He has also narrated the official Formula One videos and is an award-winning TV and radio news reporter. James Hunt’s exploits got Simon hooked on F1 and his passion for Minardi developed in the early 1990s. Cheering on the underdog in an increasingly grey, corporate world harked back to the days of Hesketh and James Hunt.

SPECIFICATION
Hardback. 160 pages. 250mm tall x 250mm (97?8in tall x 97?8in). 145 colour pictures.

FORZA MINARDI!
By Simon Vigar
Published May 2008 UK & USA
ISBN 978-1-84584-160-7
UPC 6-36847-04160-1
£24.99 UK / $49.95 USA