Autorentext

Andrew Noakes graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in automotive engineering and became technical editor of Fast Car magazine. He was founder editor and later editor-in-chief of Classics before turning freelance, and has since worked for a wide range of automotive magazines and websites. He has written more than twenty books including several previous Crowood titles. He is a past chairman of the Guild of Motoring Writers and alongside his writing he is course director of the unique Masters degree in Automotive Journalism at Coventry University.

Klappentext

Lewis Hamilton’s record-breaking achievements in F1 are the latest successes in a glorious motor sport record for Mercedes and Benz that stretches back to the very first races in the 1890s.

Silver Arrows celebrates the achievements of Mercedes and Benz in motor sport, from the very earliest days to the record-breaking success of Lewis Hamilton in F1. It covers every major era and form of motor sport including:

• The pioneers of motor sport and the ‘White Elephant’ SSK
• The massively powerful 1930s Grand Prix cars
• Le Mans, sports and F1 cars of the 1950s
• Rally cars from the 1950s to the 1970s
• Touring car racing and the DTM
• The  Mercedes return to racing in Group C sports cars
• F1 engines and the Mercedes Grand Prix team

• Formula E and the future of Mercedes in motor sport

  Zusammenfassung
  The story of MercedesBenz in motorsport. Lewis Hamiltons record-breaking achievements in F1 are the latest successes in a glorious motor sport record for Mercedes and Benz that stretches back to the very first races in the 1890s. For the first time, this book tells the story of Mercedes in motor sport from the very beginning, with those pioneers of the 19th century, right through to todays hybrid F1 cars.