FINISHING STRAIGHTESSENTIALS
F1 2020
Price£39.99-£64.99 (variesby format)
codemasters.comFifty years ago the Shadow
marque appeared in motorracing
for thefi rst time in the CanAm
championship. Latterly it spread
its wings into F1 and F5000
beforefi zzling out in 1980.
In 11 seasons itclaimed
one CanAm titleand a single
F1 victory but itsstory isa
fascinating one, encompassing
tragedy aswell as triumph: in the
1977 SouthAfrican GP one of the
team’s cars retired infl ames and
a marshal crossing the track with
a fi re extinguisherwas struckby
Shadow’slead driver,Tom Pryce.
Both the marshal andPryce,
whose head hit theextinguisher,
died immediately.
Possiblythe most fascinating
aspect of the Shadow story is the
team’sfounder, Don Nichols: aformer
militaryman who had parachuted
into France on D-Day and servedas a
counter- intelligence operative in th e
Koreanwar, latterly an entrepreneur
with several business interests in
Japan (he wasalso in volved in theprojectto build FujiSpeedway).
Nicholstook amusement in playing
on his shadowypast, even adoptinga
cloakedfi gure as his team’s logo.
Author Pete Lyons, grandprix
editorofGPRacing’ssistermagazine
Autosportduring the 1970s,was
reporting on CanAm when Shadow
madeits debut. Hisrecollections- andinterviewswith the principal
cast, including Nichols himself–
form the backbone of this niche but
fascinating book.
96 GP RACING JULY 2020
SHADOW – THE MAGNIFICENT MACHINES OFA MAN OF MYSTERY
Price£75
AuthorPete Lyons
evropublishing.comEnhance the F1experience with
the latest must-have productsF1 UPGRADES
It’s a photofi nish between on-track
racing and the officially licenced
product as the latestversion of the
F1 game franchise launches hot on
the heels of the (belated)fi rst grand
prix of the year.Covering PC, Xbox
One and PlayStation 4formats,
F1 2020features all the cars and
drivers of the 2020 season as well
as the full line-up of tracks originally
scheduledto be on the calendar.
That means you’ll be ableto lap
Zandvoort virtually before F1 returns
to the Dutch GPvenue next year, as
well as the new Hanoi street circuit.
Also newfor this iteration is the ‘My
Team’ mode which enables playersto
create their ownteam and select a
driverto be theirteam-mate.A slightly controversial facet of this,
received rather sniffily on social
media, has been the inclusion ofTop
Trumps-style ratingsfor each driver,
all of which affect their in-game
performance. Cue much grinding of
teeth from fans of particular drivers
who feel their man has been badly
under-rated in certain areas.
A two-player modefeaturing a
split screen makes a welcome return
to the game, and there’s also the
optionto choose between running
a full season or two shorter options.
A Michael SchumacherEdition (at
extra cost) enables youto race four
iconic cars from Michael’s career: the
Jordan 191, Benetton B194 and B195,
and theFerrari F1-2000.FINISHING STRAIGHTESSENTIALS
F1 2020
Price£39.99-£64.99 (variesby format)
codemasters.comFifty years ago the Shadow
marque appeared in motorracing
for thefi rst time in the CanAm
championship. Latterly it spread
its wings into F1 and F5000
beforefi zzling out in 1980.
In 11 seasons itclaimed
one CanAm titleand a single
F1 victory but itsstory isa
fascinating one, encompassing
tragedy aswell as triumph: in the
1977 SouthAfrican GP one of the
team’s cars retired infl ames and
a marshal crossing the track with
a fi re extinguisherwas struckby
Shadow’slead driver,Tom Pryce.
Both the marshal andPryce,
whose head hit theextinguisher,
died immediately.
Possiblythe most fascinating
aspect of the Shadow story is the
team’sfounder, Don Nichols: aformer
militaryman who had parachuted
into France on D-Day and servedas a
counter- intelligence operative in th e
Koreanwar, latterly an entrepreneur
with several business interests in
Japan (he wasalso in volved in theprojectto build FujiSpeedway).
Nicholstook amusement in playing
on his shadowypast, even adoptinga
cloakedfi gure as his team’s logo.
Author Pete Lyons, grandprix
editorofGPRacing’ssistermagazine
Autosportduring the 1970s,was
reporting on CanAm when Shadow
madeits debut. Hisrecollections- andinterviewswith the principal
cast, including Nichols himself–
form the backbone of this niche but
fascinating book.
96 GP RACING JULY 2020
SHADOW – THE MAGNIFICENT MACHINES OFA MAN OF MYSTERY
Price£75
AuthorPete Lyons
evropublishing.comEnhance the F1experience with
the latest must-have productsF1 UPGRADES
It’s a photofi nish between on-track
racing and the officially licenced
product as the latestversion of the
F1 game franchise launches hot on
the heels of the (belated)fi rst grand
prix of the year.Covering PC, Xbox
One and PlayStation 4formats,
F1 2020features all the cars and
drivers of the 2020 season as well
as the full line-up of tracks originally
scheduledto be on the calendar.
That means you’ll be ableto lap
Zandvoort virtually before F1 returns
to the Dutch GPvenue next year, as
well as the new Hanoi street circuit.
Also newfor this iteration is the ‘My
Team’ mode which enables playersto
create their ownteam and select a
driverto be theirteam-mate.A slightly controversial facet of this,
received rather sniffily on social
media, has been the inclusion ofTop
Trumps-style ratingsfor each driver,
all of which affect their in-game
performance. Cue much grinding of
teeth from fans of particular drivers
who feel their man has been badly
under-rated in certain areas.
A two-player modefeaturing a
split screen makes a welcome return
to the game, and there’s also the
optionto choose between running
a full season or two shorter options.
A Michael SchumacherEdition (at
extra cost) enables youto race four
iconic cars from Michael’s career: the
Jordan 191, Benetton B194 and B195,
and theFerrari F1-2000.