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F1 Racing: The Ultimate Companion
Explore the global history of Formula One in this definitive visual reference.
The Formula One Atlas is a comprehensive guide to the history and geography of the world’s most popular and exciting motorsport. Written by former Autosport editor Bruce Jones, it spotlights each of the forty-eight countries across six continents to have produced an F1 driver or hosted a grand prix, exploring the circuits, teams, people and stories that that make up each nation’s F1 heritage.
With individual chapters dedicated to each country, this beautifully illustrated reference book profiles the drivers, constructors and tracks that have made their mark on Formula One and contributed to the sport’s global expansion over more than seventy years of racing.
Filled with stunning photography, circuit maps and expert commentary, The Formula One Atlas is a fact-filled, globe-trotting guide to the world of motorsport for new fans and seasoned enthusiasts alike.
The Formula One Atlas is a comprehensive guide to the history and geography of the world’s most popular and exciting motorsport. Written by former Autosport editor Bruce Jones, it spotlights each of the forty-eight countries across six continents to have produced an F1 driver or hosted a grand prix, exploring the circuits, teams, people and stories that that make up each nation’s F1 heritage.
With individual chapters dedicated to each country, this beautifully illustrated reference book profiles the drivers, constructors and tracks that have made their mark on Formula One and contributed to the sport’s global expansion over more than seventy years of racing.
Filled with stunning photography, circuit maps and expert commentary, The Formula One Atlas is a fact-filled, globe-trotting guide to the world of motorsport for new fans and seasoned enthusiasts alike.
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256 pages, Hardcover
Published January 7, 2025
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August 17, 2025
It’s not a super comprehensive book, rather a collection of drivers, circuits, moments, and countries within F1’s history. I loved the maps of the circuits, I haven’t seen those details in any other books yet. Always annoying to see Stroll and Mazepin given the same gravitas as real drivers though.
November 3, 2024
The ULTIMATE companion?? Don't think so. It reads like he cut-up a lot of information about F1 into bite-sized pieces, through them into hats marked countries, drivers, race events, circuits, pictures and picked out the ones he liked. It comes across as repetitive, incoherent, dull, not worth the time.
It seems to me the ULTIMATE companion would have something on car design and development with kudos to their designers and eras. It would talk of the eras of cars and drivers, (perhaps lists??) Track developments? Safety issues?
It seems to me the ULTIMATE companion would have something on car design and development with kudos to their designers and eras. It would talk of the eras of cars and drivers, (perhaps lists??) Track developments? Safety issues?
January 8, 2026
as someone whose just starting to properly get into formula 1, this was a great read! gives you a good overview of the circuits, drivers (past & present), & major events that happened at each country’s grand prix
January 21, 2026
Excellent resource for current and historical information about Formula One! Great read
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