John, George and the HWMs
The First Racing Team to Fly the Flag for Britain
Published on 30. January 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-1-910505-32-8 (ISBN)
Description
Founded by John Heath and George Abecassis, the HWM racing team set out in 1950, the year of the Formula 1 World Championship's inauguration, to race its Formula 2 cars all over Europe in a unique British endeavour. Always run on a shoestring, HWM's single-seaters achieved great results in flying the flag with mainly British drivers, most notably young Stirling Moss. In 1954 the team turned to sports cars, sometimes beating its Jaguar and Aston Martin works competitors, but Heath's death in the 1956 Mille Miglia was a tragic setback and the following year the team was wound up. Through the focus of HWM, this book paints an evocative picture of a period of motor racing that marked the beginnings of Britain's prowess in the sport.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sherborne
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
500 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Width: 256 mm
Thickness: 62 mm
Weight
4019 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910505-32-8 (9781910505328)
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Persons
Simon Taylor has been immersed in motor sport for over 50 years as a journalist, commentator, publisher and historian. He joined the weekly magazine Autosport straight from university, and was its editor by the age of 23. He became a publisher for its proprietors, Haymarket Magazines, devising and launching other car magazines such as What Car? and Classic & Sports Car, and went on to be the company's Managing Director and then its Chairman. He was BBC Radio's voice of motor racing for more than 20 years, reporting on Formula 1 from all over the world, and has done a variety of TV commentary and presentation work. He has a small collection of classic cars, and competes in historic motor sport with his ex-Stirling Moss 1950 HWM. He is married and lives in London.