Photographer Pete Biro began shooting motorsports in the 1950s, contributing to magazines such as Road & Track and Car and Driver. As his career progressed, his work found greater fame on the pages of outlets such as Time, LIFE, and Sports Illustrated, eventually garnering high-profile clients like the Big Three US automakers and Goodyear Tire. He followed the Can-Am series throughout its 1966 to 1974 glory years, becoming good friends with its top drivers, team owners, and engineers.After a distinguished career as a motorsports author, speaker and historian, George Levy is now President of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, based at Daytona Beach, Florida. He began his journalism career in 1980 at Autoweek, where he rose to editor at 27. He has also contributed to RACER, Car and Driver and Vintage Motorsport. Latterly he has turned to writing books and is best known for Can-Am 50th Anniversary: Flat Out with North America’s Greatest Race Series (2016), which earned a Gold Medal in the 2017 International Automotive Media Competition, and F1 Mavericks: The Men and Machines that Revolutionized Formula 1 Racing (2019). He lives in Ormond Beach, Florida.Mario Andretti is auto racing's definition of "Been There, Won That." His professional driving career spanned more than four decades and includes pit-stops as a Formula One driver (1978), an Indy 500 winner (1969), the Daytona 500 (1967), and four CART/USAC open-wheel racing national championships. Andretti has been called Mr. Versatile, known for driving everything from USAC sprint cars on the dirt to IndyCars, sports racing prototypes, and of course F1. He was Newman Haas Racing's first driver when the team was formed in 1982, raced there for 12 seasons, and is considered one of Paul Newman's closest friends.

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A photo-driven chronicle of the era of change and innovation in Formula 1, drawing attention to the drivers and machines that established this golden era.

Résumé
Take a lap through one of Formula 1's most exciting and influential eras with F1 Mavericks, featuring the photos of veteran motorsports photographer, Pete Biro.

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6 Introduction
 
9 Foreword by Mario Andretti
 
15 CHAPTER 1: 1958–1961
PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
 
27 CHAPTER 2: 1962–1964
SIMPLIFY, THEN ADD LIGHTNESS
 
35 CHAPTER 3: 1965
IT WAS A VERY GOODYEAR
 
43 CHAPTER 4: 1966
ALL HAIL THE DRIVER-CONSTRUCTOR
 
67 CHAPTER 5: 1967
GAME OVER
 
97 CHAPTER 6: 1968–1969
WINGS OF CHANGE
 
121 CHAPTER 7: 1970–1971
FORWARD, MARCH
 
139 CHAPTER 8: 1972–1973
THE QUINTESSENTIAL F1 CAR
 
161 CHAPTER 9: 1974–1976
RED TEAM RISING
 
181 CHAPTER 10: 1977
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
 
193 CHAPTER 11: 1978
MARIO’S YEAR AT LAST
 
207 CHAPTER 12: 1979
PARLEZ-VOUS TURBO?
 
213 CHAPTER 13: 1980
SUDDENLY IT’S 1962
 
221 CHAPTER 14: 1981–1982–?
END OF AN ERA
 
233 Afterword by Niki Lauda
236 About the Photographer
238 Index
 