A-Z of Grand Prix Cars is a complete rendition of all the marques to ever race in Grand Prix, from the very first French GP in 1906 through to the Japanese GP of 2000. Not only are all participating teams included, there are also notable marques that attempted to put together an F1 effort but for wahtever reason did not race in anger, for example DAMS, and Alpine. The latter was a total suprise for me as I had never known that Alpine had put together two different F1 cars.

For each marque, there are brief individual entries for each unique design. There are numerous black & white photographs for most of the marques, but space prohibits the publication of photos for each of the individual designs. Still, there is plenty to peruse. Irritatingly, given the price of the book, there are a few typo and factual errors. For example, Mario Tolentino, designer for both Dallara and EuroBrun, is referred to as Marco Tolentino in the entry for the Dallara BMS 189. The Arrows A19 did'nt score 3 points in the 1998 season as the book claims, they scored 6. Another annoying thing about this book is that although organized alphabetically, major marques such as Ferrari, BRM etc.. have whole pages set aside for them which tends to disrupt the flow of the book. But this is relative nitpicking, as given the extensive nature of the book there is plenty of material to be covered.