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THE MAGIC OF THE F1
OPUS
Photography by
or over a century Grand Prix racing grand scale. These combine with specially
F
has attracted the rich, the famous commissioned photo shoots by some of F1's
Darren Heath
and the legendary as these daredevils most highly acclaimed photographers in a
of speed compete for the greatest prize vivid explosion of monochrome and colour
in motorsport. that paints the dramatic and often poignant
Glamorous locations and sexy girls, story of the world's most challenging form of
along with the romance of the glittering motor racing.
trophies from the world's greatest racing Our researchers spent years painstakingly
tracks, combine to make this the most scouring the archives of the world's greatest
seductive and enigmatic sport of all. motor racing photographic agencies and
The F1 Opus, which is an officially licensed private collections, seeking just the right
product of Formula One Management, combination of images to capture the iconic
is the definitive celebration of Formula One. moments from a century of competition,
The inside stories never told, the chicanery from Ferenc Szisz's bold success on the tar-
and the dices with death and, of course, smeared roads of France in the first-ever
the great drivers - every aspect of this sport Grand Prix in 1906, to candid portraiture of the
unfolds in the pages of this epic journey into sport's stars and the evocative memorabilia of
the heart of the world's most passionate sport. their careers. For each photograph that was
At 50cm square, 852 pages long and deemed of sufficient quality to grab the
weighing in at over 30 kilos, F1 Opus is the reader's attention and provoke and challenge
biggest book on Formula One racing ever their imagination, thousands were cast aside
produced. The quality and variety of writing in order to ensure that only the highest
and imagery in F1 Opus is unmatched by any standards of selection applied throughout.
other publication in the history of the sport. The F1 Opus also features dramatic
Nearly 2,000 images appear in the F1 Opus portraiture not just of a number of World
- many of them previously unpublished and Champions around the world, but also other
most certainly never before used on such a key players. The list includes champions such
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