Le Mans: 1930–39

Le Mans: 1930–39

The official history of the world's greatest motor race

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Author Quentin Spurring
ISBN: 9781910505137

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This volume covers the nine races of the 1930s (no race was held in 1936) in which honours were divided between Italian, French and British manufacturers. After Bentley achieved its fourth consecutive success in 1930, Earl Howe and Henry Birkin won for Alfa Romeo in 1931, beginning a four-race victory streak for the Italian manufacturer. Tazio Nuvolari, the outstanding Grand Prix ace of the pre-war decade, secured an intensely dramatic last-lap victory in 1933. Lagonda (1935) and Delahaye (1938) claimed a win each, while Bugatti took two with the great Jean-Pierre Wimille driving its innovative Type 57 ‘Tank’ cars with all-enclosing bodywork.

• Official status provides a number of unique features, including the reproduction of the full-colour race poster artwork for each year and photographs from the ACO’s archives.

• The images are entirely in colour, and the emphasis is on photographs that enthusiasts will not have seen before.

• The story of each race is told through photographs and an accompanying commentary.

• Complete data for each year includes technical regulations, entry list, circuit changes (with diagram), lap chart, full results and category awards.

• The whole work is beautifully designed and presented.

Format: 280 x 230mm
Jacketed hardback
Page extent: 352pp
Illustration: 400 photographs

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“Perhaps the greatest collection of Le Man photographs yet gathered in a single book.” The Automobile

“Every motoring bookshelf should have a copy so buy a copy and expect to spend many hours enjoying it.” VSCC Bulletin

Quentin Spurring
Quentin Spurring entered motorsport journalism on the editorial team of Autosport in 1966. He became the weekly magazine’s deputy editor but left in 1970 to try his hand as a freelance, also serving two years as the media officer of the British Automobile Racing Club and the editor of its monthly publication.

He was the launch editor of Competition Car magazine in 1972–74, and the press officer of Graham Hill’s Formula 1 team in 1975. He returned to Autosport in 1976 as its editor, and served in this capacity or as its executive editor until 1988.

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