The Bookworm Critique
Reviewing "Le Mans '55: The Crash That Changed The Face Of Motor Racing" by Christopher Hilton
When did motor racing 'come of age'? It's an intriguing question, and one that you could use to kick off what with any luck would be a very long discussion, preferably at a well-stocked local pub.
It's hard to even pin-point when Formula One 'grew up'. Was it when Jim Clark proved that 'it' can happen to anybody when he slid a Formula Two Lotus into the trees at Hockenheim? That changed the sport, just as it did when Ayrton Senna brought the message home to a whole new generation at Imola in 1994. And just when you think we are modern and have no more learning to do, we get a race with six cars at Indianapolis.
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