Start To Finish

Take the wheel of a Formula One and compete with some of the most daring men in the world-men who put their lives on the line for racing's most prestigious title The World Driver's Championship. The highlights of the sensational '81 Grand Prix Season are captured here, from Start To Finish, in ninety minutes of sheer excitement! The tension builds as the mechanics make the final adjustments and the moment arrives: "twenty-four clutches engage, and the air is filled with the smell of tire smoke and the high pitched whine of 3-litre engines... a delight to the senses of Grand Prix connoisseur." (Motor Week) Drivers John Watson, Keke Rosberg, Eddie Cheever, Mario Andretti, Nelson Piquet, Carlos Reutemann, Gilles Villeneuve and Alan Jones take part in a duel of nerves, catching up, losing ground, grappling with the very laws of motion. It's perhaps the most expensive sport in the world, not only in terms of the millions invested in each team, but but also in its cost in human lives. And race by race, here's the vivid record the battles, the violent deaths and miraculous survivals-of the most dramatic season in recent memory!