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TYRRELL: THE STORY OF THE TYRRELL RACING ORGANISATION
Richard Jenkins RRP £90
After its 30-year tenure gracing the Formula 1 grid, the Tyrrell team faded away after a buyout from British American Tobacco in 1998, but its legacy still remains, and its successor evolved and finally delivered success as Mercedes. Although the Tyrrell name was hardly imbued with the romance of Lotus or Ferrari, it remains just as evocative. On the, a photo of Jackie Stewart’s tartan-lined helmet peeking out of a Tyrrell 003 sits atop Jean Alesi’s anhedral-winged Tyrrell 019. An image of the six-wheeled P34, piloted by Ronnie Peterson, sits on the rear cover. When you think of Tyrrell, perhaps you consider one of those three cars – alternatively, you think of the craggy, toothy grin of its founder Ken Tyrrell.
