Motor racing was born along with the internal combustion engine but the sport came of age with the inception of the Formula One World Drivers'
Championship in 1950.
The ingredients for an utterly compelling spectacle were already there:
speed, excitement, dramatic confrontation; gladiatorial combat in which the victors took the laurels and the glory, while the losers all too often paid the ultimate price.
Using over 800 photographs selected from the archives of the Daily Mail, many of which have never been published, this book tells the story behind the glorious years of Formula One.