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Where to find technical info on McLaren F1
Anyone know of any good books or articles with lots of good info including the technical bits about the McLaren F1? -- other than the out of print book that's for sale on Amazon for almost $300.
There is a little info on the net, and I have a good article in Octane Magazine from the Sept 07 edition, but I'd like more. A book would be good, but I haven't been able to find much online. I did find an episode of a Brit show called "The Car's the Star" that featured the F1 on youtube. Something that I learned from the show is that the "tool kit" for the F1 is not really very similar to the one from a 911. The Car's the Star -- about 18 mins total pt 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Y7eBsO6bM pt 2 http://youtube.com/watch?v=CUiC90x_n6A pt 3 http://youtube.com/watch?v=YyNGEoNqjfc pt 4 http://youtube.com/watch?v=391V6NBnd0U
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Check the Ferrari F1 e-mail server.
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Formula 1 Stepney Gate....not the F1 road car....which is parked right next to a Ferrari F40 in my dream garage...dream....keyword
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Yeah, I'm talking about Gordon Murray's baby.
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If you PM me your address I'll post you a copy of 'the book'. It's a brilliant book - and I happen to have a spare copy. (Got both as Christmas presents a decade or so ago.)
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Sorry Steve! The Stepney-gate scandal in F1 this season made poking at McLaren & Ferrari too hard to pass up.
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Driving Ambition: The Official Inside Story of the McLaren F1 by Doug Nye, Ron Dennis, and Gordon Murray (Hardcover - Jun 15, 2000)
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Thanks guys, will keep an eye out for it in my travels.
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