Hunt Vs. Lauda: The Epic 1976 Formula 1 Season

Hunt Vs. Lauda: The Epic 1976 Formula 1 Season

Motorsports fans worldwide are raving about Ron Howard's film, <i>Rush</i>. The movie, and this book, was inspired by the dramatic battle for the 1976 World Championship between two very different drivers: the freewheeling Englishman James Hunt and his canny Austrian rival Niki Lauda. <P>Nearly 40 years later, 1976 is still remembered as one of the greatest seasons in Formula One history; one that pitted two of the sport's greatest teams, Ferrari and McLaren, in a back-and-forth struggle that wasn't decided until the final rain-soaked race at Suzuka. Ferrari's defending World Champion Niki Lauda led early on before suffering serious burns in a near-fatal accident at the Nurburgring. Just five weeks later he was back, hoping to fend off McLaren's unpredictable upstart James Hunt.<P>Former F1 Racing editor Paul Fearnley uses hundreds of rare photographs and detailed captions to recapture all the excitement, danger, and controversy of the 1976 season. <i>Hunt vs Lauda</i> features over 200 colour and black-and-white photographs from 1976, many of which are rare and previously unpublished.