Ferrari: the battle for revival was published in 1996. After the longest drought in Maranello's history, the Prancing Horse was battling to get back among the leaders again, motivated by Michael Schumacher's arrival as 1996 team leader for a reputed $25 million.
Here is the story behind this revival bid, the first real sustained Grand Prix renaissance since Niki Lauda and Jody Scheckter won three World Championships in five years between 1975 and 1979.
Relying on first-hand interviews with many of the key people involved, top motorsport writer Alan Henry chronicles Ferrari's year-by-year development from 1990 to 1996 - the huge investment in engineering and design technology, the management changes, and the ongoing power struggles - as well as looking back to important eras earlier in the team's vivid history.
He also assesses the distinguished drivers that passed through Maranello in those years - Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, and Jean Alesi - and the problems they faced.
Huge expectation greeted the arrival of Michael Schumacher, widely considered the top driver of his generation, and Ulsterman Eddie Irvine, his irreverent team-mate…
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