Rainer schlegelmilch biography of michael

50 Years of Formula 1 Photography, from the lens of motorsport photographer Rainer Schlegelmilch, does exactly what it says on the tin.

Er, cover.

When renounced motorsport photographer Rainer Schlegelmilch first started taking shots of the Formula 1 paddock, eventual three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna was only two years old, and quintessentially English racer Graham Hill was en-route to his first F1 title.

Hill’s Clark Gable-esque moustache and Jackie Stewart’s sideburns alone show just how much F1 has changed since its golden era.

So too though does Schlegelmilch’s latest work, 50 Years of Formula 1 Photography. Across the weighty book’s 663 pages, readers can enjoy high res images of not only Senna, Hill and Stewart, but also fellow F1 champions Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda, Nigel Mansell and that old dog, Michael Schumacher.

Of course, the just-over-$50 hardback does not just cater for th