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Ratings: 5 = Must Have! , 4 = Brilliant , 3 = Good , 2 = Average (good enough for the collection) , 1 = Forget about it
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Encyclopédie des 24 heures du Mans Rating = most probably BEST RATING! |
2010-Dec-15 | Focus of the book: Coverage of the full history of the Le Mans 24 Hours race from 1923 to 2010, each car, each driver, each team and each detail about the track and its surroundings in a never seen detail: 1500 pages, 15kg... What else?
The book is released on December 15th, I ordered one of the 3000 copies early this year... So once I have it, more details will be updated here! |
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Official Annual Le Mans 24 Hours 2010 Rating = 4 
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Le Mans 1960 - 1969 Rating = 5 
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2010-Apr-08 | An officially licensed book by the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (A.C.O.) summarizing a whole decade. This is the first book from an upcoming series by author Quentin Spurring: 8 Volumes are currently planned in order to cover the whole history of Le Mans in great detail: 1923 - today. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2009 Rating = 4
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2009-Dec-07 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2009. This includes ALMS, LMS, FIA GT, the Cups and all the endurance races like Le Mans. | Details |
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Sportwagen Story 2009 Rating = 2 |
2009-Nov-30 | Focus of the book: If you are not really into buying racing books but you somehow have a little interest in gaining an overview of the most important Prototype and GT racing events then THIS BOOK is for you! | Details |
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Official Annual Le Mans 24 Hours 2009 Rating = 5
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2009-Nov-25 | This is just a fantastic book! High quality pictures (and there are lots of!), very nice hourly summaries, good coverage of the practice sessions as well as the traditional statistics of the race, the drivers, the teams and the manufacturers. The book also covers the return of Aston Martin in LMP1 after 50 years in detail having a look on the DBR1 history. Another 3 pages are dedicated to the Le Mans legend François Guittet, an inhabitant of Le Mans, 92 years old. |
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DTM Jahrbuch 2009 Rating = 3 |
2009-Nov-09 | Focus of the book: DTM 2009, each race, all facts. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2008 Rating = 4
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2008-Dec-01 | This book covers every race where Porsche officially attended throughout the year. Across 250 pages it contains: - All GT Races (ALMS, LMS, Grand-Am Rolex...) - All Porsche Races (Carrera Cup, ...) - All Endurance Races (24h Le Mans, Daytona, Nürburgring, Dubai, Spa and Zolder) - Special events like the Transsyberia Rallye The whole book is spiced up with brilliant pictures by photographer Ulrich Upietz. |
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Sportwagen Story 2008 Rating = 3 |
2008-Dec-01 | This book by Thomas Voigt covers the 24h of Le Mans, the Le Mans Series (LMS), the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), the ADAC GT Masters as well as some FIA GT events. All in all I liked the 200 pages overview very much about these special kind of race events. | Details |
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DTM Jahrbuch 2008 Rating = 2 |
2008-Nov-10 | The book as such is not of big value but if you have visited one of the DTM races you might like this kind of yearbook covering all stories around the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) of a whole season. So the book is here just to let you know that DTM got its yearbook too. | Details |
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Grüne Hölle 2008 Rating = 2 |
2008-Nov-05 | Focus of the book: Obviously this book focuses on all the races in 2008 that took place at the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. The book is far from being valuable in the sense of a real milestone in my library but having one example of this series is fine for me and gives some nice informations about each type of race that takes place at the Nordschleife. Unfortunately the reader is not informed about the real details that everybody would like to know... on the other hand it is also very cheap, so I didn't mind much. | Details |
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24 Stunden Nürburgring Nordschleife 2008 Rating = 3 |
2008_Sep-01 | The book as such is certainly not a jewel in my race book library, too much advertisment are placed across the book but nonetheless having one example of this kind is ok. Timo Bernhard, Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas und Marcel Tiemann did win again after their success in 2007 with the Manthey-Porsche GT3 RSR. | Details |
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Le Mans 24h 2008 Official Yearbook Rating = 5
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2008-Aug-01 | The first book I bought about Le Mans, many many pages full of high quality photos and infos about the whole weekend at Le Mans 2008. If you go to Le Mans for the first time, the official yearbook is a "must have" for you!! | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2007 Rating = 4
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2007-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2007.
This is the first book about the updated LMP2 racer Porsche RS Spyder Evo which again was run by the Penske Racing Team as well as the Dyson Racing team. |
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Porsche Sport 2006 Rating = 5
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2006-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2006.
This is THE book about the LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder as the team Penske Racing supported by Porsche has won the overall ALMS season and has sometimes even won the overall victory in some races and therefore beaten the LMP1 cars by Audi! |
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Porsche Sport 2005 Rating = 3 |
2005-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2005.
In 2005 the Porsche RS Spyder was introduced, therefore this book has been more interesting for me than the others so far from the 2000s. The book covers as usual all races including detailed statistics of each race: Spa, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring and many more. |
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2004: The Official Year Book Rating = 4
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2004-Nov-30 | This is the classic official Le Mans Annual which includes the complete low-down about the most prestigious race in the world, with hour by hour reports, analysis, features and behind-the-scenes action. The book details the long qualifying process as well as the preparation for the race. It describes all the entrants, with pictures of all the drivers and all the cars. This extensive information is put into context with both magazine and historical stories. - 242 pages, english. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2004 | 2004-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2004. From the normal Porsche Street Cars to the Bi-Turbo 911, all races are covered in detail: Spa, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring and many more. This is the 12th edition of Porsche Sport! |
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Porsche Sport 2003 Rating = 3 |
2003-Nov-11 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2003. From the normal Porsche Street Cars to the Bi-Turbo 911, all races are covered in detail: Spa, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nürburgring and many more. |
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Porsche Sport 2002 Rating = 3 |
2002-Dec-01 | Focus of the book: All the races where Porsche was involved in 2002. The 10th edition of Porsche Sport! 235 x 315 mm +200 pages +500 photos |
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Porsche Sport 2001 Rating = 3 |
2001-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: Success of the 911 GT3-RS in Europe, USA and Asia. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 2000 Rating = 3 |
2000-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: Success of the 911 GT3 sports cars in the ALMS and FIA GT Championship. The GT3 got the overall class win in the ALMS season 2000 as well as the GT win at Le Mans 2000. |
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Le Mans 24h 2000 Official Yearbook Rating = 4
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2000-Sep-04 | All details of the 24 hours race at Le Mans. Audi celebrates its victory for the first time in LMP1! | Details |
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Porsche Sport 1999 Rating = 4
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1999-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: Success of the GT2 and GT3 sports cars in the ALMS and FIA GT Championship. Of course all 1998 car models are presented as well as all the races where Porsche was engaged at, like the Pirelli Supercup and Carrera Cup. | Details |
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911 GT1 - Der Erfolgstyp Rating = 4
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1999-Jun-23 | Focus of the Book: All about the Porsche 911 GT1 in 1998 covering Le Mans, FIA GT, other GT races as well as the street car version. | Details |
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Porsche Sport 1998 Rating = 5
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1998-Nov-07 | Focus of the Book: The success of the 911 GT1 and GT2 in the FIA GT Championship 1998. Porsche Sport '98 tells the story of Porsche's success with its 911 GT1 and GT2 sports cars in the FIA GT Championship and follows them through the whole season in Europe, USA and Asia. But it also describes in detail the overall win at Le Mans 1998 with the Porsche 911 GT1 driven by Allan McNish, Stéphane Ortelli and Laurent Aïello. |
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Porsche Sport 1996 Rating = 2 |
1996-Nov-01 | Focus of the book: All races in 1996 where Porsche participated in. The "Porsche Sport" series by Ulrich Upietz started in 1993. It features all famous race events like Mobil 1 Supercup, Carrera Cup, FIA GT, Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Alpenpokal, GT3 Cup Challenge, ALMS, LMS and the endurance race events like Le Mans, Sebring, Spa, Daytona and Nürburgring. | Details |
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Official Annual Le Mans 24 Hours 1987 Rating = 4
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1987-Nov-01 | The official annual yearbook of the Le Mans 24 Hours race 1987. | Details |
