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CHAMPIONS OF MONACO AND JIM CLARK BAGS Price £795 jordanbespoke.com
Two new luxury leather bags from Jordan Bespoke celebrate some of the most gifted racing drivers of all time while raising funds for The Jim Clark Trust and Sir Jackie Stewart’s Race Against Dementia.
The Champions of Monaco bag celebrates the 70th anniversary of Monaco’s first world championship round, won by Juan Manuel Fangio for Alfa Romeo. Crafted from Scottish leather and finished in dark blue, the bag is lined with original photographs of Monaco Grand Prix winners including Fangio, Stirling Moss, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and David Coulthard, as well as Sir Jackie.
The Jim Clark bag features Clark’s signature and its bespoke lining features images of Clark in action, set against the backdrop of the Clark family tartan. A percentage of the sales will go to The Jim Clark Trust, which recently opened a new museum in Clark’s home town of Duns, while a percentage from the sales of the Champions of Monaco Bag will go to the Race Against Dementia.
WHO WORKS IN F1 Price From £69 whoworksin.com
You know how to get hold of us. But what about everyone else in the grand prix racing scene? For 31 years now the Who Works sports guides have provided a ready reference for contacts within the world of
F1 and other leading categories in motorsport.
The publishers work with teams, sponsors, suppliers, race promoters, circuits and media to update the guides every year, making each one not only a useful source of contacts but also an interesting historic snapshot of a particular working era. The format offers comprehensive contact details (and potted biographies of more important folk) for professionals and fans.
Who Works has moved with the times and three options are available, from a hardback book to an ebook, and even a mobile app.
FORMULA 1 70TH ANNIVERSARY PRINTS Price From £42.40 automobilist.com
Award-winning art studio Automobilist has partnered with Formula 1 to create a series of prints to mark the 70th anniversary of the world championship. Each print features a landmark car from a particular decade, using 3D modelling technology: the Maserati 250F represents the 1950s; Jim Clark’s Lotus 25 the ’60s; Jackie Stewart’s Tyrrell 006 the ’70s; Ayrton Senna’s Mclaren MP4/4 the ’80s; Nigel Mansell’s Williams FW14B the ’90s; Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2002 the 2000s; and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes W10 the most recent decade.
A final poster features the ‘teaser’ concept proposed ahead of the new rules package now scheduled to be introduced in 2022.
Available in Limited Edition and Collector’s Edition form, the latter featuring an embossed silver finish, the posters are printed on 175gsm paper. The Collector’s Edition prints are limited to 700 pieces each.
FERRARI – THE GOLDEN YEARS Price €71.25 giorgionadaeditore.it
This absolute whopper of a book – 400 large-format pages, in hardback – will do you an injury if you drop it on your toes. First published in 2017 to celebrate Ferrari’s 70th anniversary but now revised, expanded and re-issued, Leonardo Acerbi’s book traces the company’s sporting history from its origins to the death of founder Enzo Ferrari in 1988.
The text is presented in both Italian and English, and it follows the full chronology of Ferrari competition cars from the unbodied 125S of 1947. In this expanded edition the biographies of Ferrari’s champion drivers are now joined by those of Ferrari’s key lieutenants down the years, the likes of Romolo Tavoni, Franco Gozzi, Gioachino Colombo, Mauro Forghieri and Marco Piccinini.
It’s packed with photographs, both monochrome and colour, and the majority are drawn from relatively obscure image archives, making this a must for Ferrari fans who may feel like they’ve seen everything there is to see of the Maranello marque’s history.