Two Summers: The Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Racing Car

by Robert Ackerson

Two Summers offers a fresh, revealing and highly personal window into the culture of Grand Prix racing as it was during the 1954 and 1955 championships. The core of this book is devoted to individual portraits of the twelve races that comprised the 1954-55 seasons in which the W 196 R participated. Of those races, Fangio won seven and Moss won two.With its carefully-crafted observations and conclusions, given added drama by its richly-detailed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845847512
• ISBN13: 9781845847517
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Veloce Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.0" x 10.1"