There’s no replacement for the genuine thing, which goes double for F1. The finest Formula 1 coffee table books are more than simply quite methods to indicate your love for the sport. They’re an all-access paddock pass and a time device. They provide rarely-seen photos and stories, forgotten tradition and clarifying context. They let you get a little closer to a minute you keep in mind– or use a possibility to witness what you missed out on.
Magnus Greaves comprehends this. The creator and publisher of print-only publication RACEWKND set out to maintain in amber what it’s like to go to a contemporary grand prix with his current, limited-edition coffee table book, “Sand, Sunsets, and Speed.” In supersaturated image spreads, the book records the first-ever Miami Grand Prix by juxtaposing the on-track experience with an attractive, disorderly, extremely Miami scene. “What truly motivated us was that there’s a lot goofy things going on there,” he states. “Even if you were at the race and in the grandstand, you would not see the majority of this. We wished to peel back the layers and share it with everyone.”
“Sand, Sunsets, and Speed” isn’t alone because objective. The 6 other stunning coffee table books below– be they shiny photographic homages or tomes loaded with historic information– are best suggestions of all the methods you can fall for the sport of Formula 1.
Sand, Sunsets & & Speed
For RACEWKND publisher Marcus Greaves, 2023’s inaugural Miami Grand Prix represented an unbelievable minute coalescing Drive to Survive’s abrupt appeal and F1’s strategies to take control of the America’s coasts. “Sand, Sunset & & Speed” bottles that magic so well that you can nearly smell the coconut-scented sun block when you split open the book’s hot pink cover for the very first time. Yes, it consists of lots of action shots of cars and trucks zooming around the track (constructed, naturally, in the car park of Hard Rock arena). It’s Frederick Broden’s filmic images of sun-soaked hedonism– of the city, the fans, the shows, the swimming pool celebrations– that make you feel like the race might have simply as quickly occurred in the 1970s. An introduction by Miami homeowner and F1 superfan DJ Tiesto sets the state of mind, as does the high-viz, cloth-wrapped case. Just 1,000 will be printed.
Released 2024 by RaceWKND; $100 at racewknd.co
Formula 1: The Impossible Collection
Assouline and Brad Spurgeon’s event of F1 is as sensational as the Ferrari F1-90 on the cover. Behind that image are 228 pages of history, informed through 100 pictures– each picked by veteran motorsports reporter Spurgeon. From a post-race shot of Lewis Hamilton after having actually broken Schumacher’s all-time win record at Portimao in 2020 to effective pictures of the sport’s stars– maker and human– in action, the book catches era-defining minutes in every years of the sport. Make no error: “Formula 1: The Impossible Collection,” like all of Assouline’s offerings, is likewise something of a prize itself. The 19.7-pound book ships in a clamshell case with a metal plaque,
