The Maserati 250F was one of the most beautiful and successful racing cars of the 1950s, and one of the most famous racing cars of all time. Driven in its heyday by great drivers including Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio, and today the star of many historic race meetings, the 250F has iconic status.
Maserati 250F tells the story of those far-off times, and the impact the car made on the motor racing world. Uniquely, the book continues the story of 250Fs racing after their international careers were over, in the Americas and Australasia as well as in Europe, and charts their subsequent return to the circuits as popular draw-cards for historic motor racing.
Technical developments are traced, and blind-alley experiments such as aerodynamic bodywork and V12 engines examined. Appendices detail the major 250F successes, and the history of every one of the twenty-eight cars built by the Modena factory between the end of 1953 and the middle of 1958.
The readable and authoritative text, by one of the foremost experts on the 250F, is accompanied by many previously unpublished photos.
Maserati 250F is a book no fan of real motor racing will want to be without.
Summary: 07. Preface 09. Gestation of the 250F 19. First season, First successes - 1954 38. Not a 250FYear - The 1955 Season 57. Into the Winner's Circle Again - Tue 1956 Season 76. Championship Year - The 1957 Season 97. Almost the End of the Road - The 1958 Season 115. End of the Road - The 1959 and 1960 Seasons 124. Racing Around the World 138. Epilogue - Survival of the 250Fs 149. Appendix I: The 250F - Car by Car 166. Appendix II: Results 187. Index
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