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Racing Legends: Fernando Alonso
101 Facts about Formula One
Series: Racing Legends
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Race through fun facts, stats and stories about your favourite drivers with F1 expert, Maurice Hamilton. Illustrated in black and white throughout by Cat Sims. Find out how Fernando Alonso became a racing legend! Covering his rise through the ranks, records, and rivalries, this book tells...
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Race through fun facts, stats and stories about your favourite drivers with F1 expert, Maurice Hamilton. Illustrated in black and white throughout by Cat Sims.
Find out how Fernando Alonso became a racing legend! Covering his rise through the ranks, records, and rivalries, this book tells you everything you need to know about the Spanish superstar.
Easy to read and fun to share, Racing Legends: Fernando Alonso is perfect for fast and curious minds, whatever their reading ability. Check out the rest of the Racing Legends series for more books to speed through!
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035057566
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Cat Sims
- Illustrated by Cat Sims
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 128g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Maurice Hamilton, the award-winning author of more than thirty books about motor sports including the Racing Legends series, has attended over 500 Grands Prix around the world. He has been a commentator on F1 races for BBC Radio 5 Live for twenty years, and has written about F1 for newspapers and magazines worldwide for decades. Combining her love of comics with a passion for social equality, Cat Sims has pursued her dream career as an artist and illustrator for the past decade. She has worked on a huge range of commercial and personal projects for clients including The New Yorker, Jacobin, Adidas, BBC and many more.
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