UNDER THE SKIN OF WALKINSHAW’S BIG CATS
BOOK REVIEW
TWR’S LE MANS-WINNING JAGUARS RRP £19.99
Prolific motorsport author John Starkey is no stranger to writing about the most revered and influential sportscar racing programmes of all time. Ford versus Ferrari, the Sauber-Mercedes and Nissan Group C attacks, the Lola T70, Porsches 911 and 935 plus the Tour de France roster from Ferrari: they’re all part of the former Donington Park Collection curator’s back catalogue.
The latest addition to that growing line-up of volumes comes with . Despite the title and reasonably concise 140 pages, this isn’t a study just of the XJR-9 and XJR-12 designs, which triumphed in the French enduro in 1988 and 1990 respectively. Instead, it’s a comprehensive review of the entire lineage. Starting with the (non-TWR) Group 44 challengers of XJR-5 and 7, the family tree spans all the way through to the XJR-16 – including Ross Brawn’s mighty XJR-14.
