SHORTLISTED 2026

Motorsports Book of the Year | Shortlisted

Formula 1 75 Years

by Stuart Codling & James Roberts, Photographed by James Mann

Formula 1 75 Years celebrates the sport’s full history with a stunningly illustrated ride through its greatest teams, drivers, and events. Written by top F1 journalists Stuart Codling and James Roberts, celebrate 75 years of Formula 1 racing, from 1950 through the modern era, with this riveting pictorial history.

Stuart Codling is a respected motorsport journalist and broadcaster who covered sports car racing in the United States before joining F1 Racing, the world’s biggest-selling Formula 1 magazine, in 2001. He has appeared as an F1 expert on TV and radio, hosted for Renault F1, and contributes to F1 Racing, Autosport, Autocar, and the Red Bulletin.

For over 20 years, James Roberts has worked as a journalist and feature-writer in Formula 1. He started his career at the specialist weekly Motoring News, then joined the world’s best-selling Grand Prix magazine, F1 Racing, in 2007. After serving 13 years as Associate Editor, Roberts was appointed Editorial Director of The Official Formula 1 Magazine. After a brief period working on the official FIFA Qatar World Cup final program, Roberts is today a freelance F1 reporter who continues to travel to Grands Prix, contributing to various motor racing publications. 

James Mann is a leading professional car and motorcycle photographer with more than 30 years of experience shooting for publications, the motor industry, and businesses around the world. James has provided stunning visuals for numerous magazines, including Classic and Sports Car, CARForzaThe Sunday Times, and Automobile magazine. He was chosen to photograph the British Auto Legends stamps for the Royal Mail and was recently awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.

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