Special Brew: The Story of the Southern African Formula One and Libre Specials

A deep dive into a fascinating motorsports backwater

“This is the kind of book I like, recording all the ‘runts in the litter’ so to speak,” says well-known motoring writer Graham Gauld. Robert Young documents in Special Brew the fascinating story of the Formula One and Libre specials that competed in the South African Drivers’ Championship in its ‘golden age’ of the late 1950s and 1960s. Impecunious enthusiasts conceived and built these racing specials, the ‘runts in the litter’ to some, at...