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2025 F1 trading card sales

 
January 8, 2026
 



In 2025, F1 trading card sale values started well but just like the stockmarket after Trump’s tariff announcements in early March, re-sale values took a dive. Lots of superfractors were put onto the market during 2025 and...

 
 
Book
 
F1 Insider book cover
F1 Insider book cover
F1 Insider book cover
 

Book Review: F1 Insider by Ted Kravitz

 
 
 
 
 
 
January 1, 2026
 



To all F1-nut readers, I realise it’s been a while since the last post as I’ve been taking a few months break from doing any work on this website.  It’s been getting harder to find time to write reviews, weed out tons of ...

 
 
 
Book
 
F1 Racing Bruce Jones book cover
F1 Racing Bruce Jones book cover
F1 Racing Bruce Jones book cover

The sport of F1 never stands still – in the blink of an eye, 20 year Red Bull Racing stalwart Christian Horner is fired and Nico Hulkenburg finally scores a podium! Bruce Jones has been a regularly pumping out books on F1...

 
 
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Some media sites have recently quoted ex-Red Bull Racing mechanic Calum Nicholas saying Max Verstappen will secure the 2025 championship and then retire! I guess you can never discount Max and Red Bull (although Lando and Oscar...

 
 
 
Book
 
How To Read F1 book cover
How To Read F1 book cover
How To Read F1 book cover
 

Book review: How to Read F1 by Jennie Gow

 
 
 
 
 
 
May 24, 2025
 



There have been several A-Z guide books on Formula 1 published over the years – Speed Read F1 comes to mind. The latest book in this genre is Jennie Gow’s (well known BBC F1 reporter and Drive to Survive talking hea...

 
 
Book
 

In-between Miami GP and next weekend’s European leg at Imola seems like a good time to get stuck into a new F1 book on my reading list. Looking at the nondescript cover of Luke Smith’s new book “On The Grid”, I have to admit I ...

 
 
Trading Cards
 

If you’re having trouble keeping up with the recent flood of new Topps F1 card series, Topps have just released the “Topps Finest” series of F1 cards for the 2024 season. Just like for their MLB, UFC, NFL, MLS sports licences, ...

 
 
Book
 
Inside MercedesF1 Whyman book cover
Inside MercedesF1 Whyman book cover
Inside MercedesF1 Whyman book cover

How will Mercedes F1 fare now in the post-Hamilton era? From what we’ve seen so far in Melbourne and Shanghai, it’s in good hands with George and Kimi (who’s been excellent). In the last few months leading up ...

 
 
 
Book
 

Heading into this new season, it well and truly looks like Lando Norris has been tagged the early favourite to take the 2025 Drivers championship based on McLaren’s form vs Red Bull in the second half of last year’s championshi...