Alpine & Renault The Development Of The Revolutionary Turbo F1 Car 1968 to 1979

Transport & Engineering Biography & Memoir History

Alpine & Renault: The Development of the Revolutionary Turbo F1 Car 1968 to 1979 by Roy Smith charts the decade-long birth of Renault’s trail-blazing turbocharged Grand Prix machine. Veloce’s 2008 hardcover gathers unseen photos, race data and first-hand interviews to show how French ingenuity shattered Formula 1’s normally-aspirated status quo.

This heavily illustrated, dust-jacketed volume walks readers from Alpine’s early prototypes through the RS10’s landmark 1979 win. Engineering buffs and motorsport fans alike will relish the cut-away drawings, dyno sheets and team memos that reveal how reliability was coaxed from the fearsome twin-turbo V6.

The book is in acceptable used condition: pages are crisp, unmarked and tightly bound, with no tears or dog-ears. A faint storage scent lingers, but the copy comes from a smoke-free home and remains perfectly readable for study or display.

A collectible reference for Renault, Alpine or F1 historians seeking the definitive story of motorsport’s first turbo era without paying new-book prices.