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AVI-8 x AIRFIX COLLECTION
Price from £210
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If your childhood memories are heady with the scent of polystyrene cement amid the painstakingly precise assembly of finely detailed model aircraft, this latest collection from aviation-inspired watch brand AVI-8 is for you. The five-piece collection features a variety of movements including Japanese Meca-Quartz Chronograph, Dual Time Feature and Automatic with Three Hands Date. Each one incorporates the Airfix logo with signature AVI-8 styling flourishes such as a multi-layered dial, luminous hands, a fixed stainless steel bezel and a genuine leather strap.
The watches also arrive delightfully packaged in boxes reminiscent of those in which you would find Airfix model kits. Fortunately no painting or modern health and safety precautions are required.
DEREK WARWICK – NEVER LOOK BACK
Author Derek Warwick, David Tremayne
Price £60 evropublishing.com
In the early 1980s you’d have bet on Derek Warwick being Britain’s next Formula 1 world champion rather than Nigel Mansell, then a somewhat derided figure toiling for a Lotus team clearly in decline. But, encouraged by the speed if not the reliability of his 1984 Renault, Derek turned down an offer to go to Williams the following season. Sadly the ’85 Renault was a disaster while the recently minted Williams-Honda partnership went from strength to strength – and Renault responded by quitting F1.
While this wasn’t the end of a racing career which had begun in stock cars on short-track ovals such as Aldershot Stadium, it altered Derek’s trajectory away from the pinnacle of F1 – but there was still a Le Mans 24 Hours victory and a world sportscar championship to come.
Written in collaboration with another F1 legend, GP Racing contributor David Tremayne, this is a fascinating memoir in which Derek’s charm and good humour infuses every page – even when describing career troughs such as being vetoed as Ayrton Senna’s team-mate.
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