This is the second volume of a story of huge effort, ideas, sweat and tears; it tells of reputations won and lost, and a new technology – turbocharging. The cars, some of the most evocative ever seen, are described in detail – stunningly, creative, slippery aerodynamic designs that achieved many outright victories in championship racing. The long struggle to develop the V6 Turbo engines is depicted, along with the intense pressure put upon the Renault Sport team by the Renault company.
Sports prototype racing is about endurance, for the drivers, for the teams and for the companies involved. In this story we see the effort, the blood, the sweat and the tears, reputations won and lost, life and also death; in the case of Alpine, it had a passion and dedication for racing over a long period with stunningly beautiful, creative, slippery aerodynamic designs that allowed it to take many class wins and outright victories in championship racing, and ultimately the Le Mans 24 hours. You will feel the passion and dedication for racing from interviews with the men involved over the many long hard years, illustrated with dramatic period photographs.
The first time the story of the Renault Sport Prototypes of 1973 to 1978 has ever been told in its entirety
The first time any complete work on the Renault Sport Prototypes has been published in English
300 colour and mono photographs, many never seen before
In-depth comments from great drivers; Derek Bell, Jean Pierre Jabouille, Gerard Larrousse, and 1978 winner Jean Pierre Jaussaud
The story of how a small racing team became a big one to achieve a dream that made racing history
Tells of the money, the politics, the engineering, and the challenges of a new technology
Contains details of race and driver performances in every race the team entered from 1973 to 1978
Tells for the first time how the Le Mans engines were planned to be used for the Indianapolis 500
The story of how one of these engines is still running today in a Bonneville speed record car
In-depth interview from the designers and builders of the engines
