Last Train From Yokkaichi

Renowned motorsport journalist Alan Henry looks back on his 35-year career as a Formula 1 scribe in this beautifully-written, sometimes comical and often moving, memoir.

In The Last Train From Yokkaichi, the former F1 correspondent for The Guardian, Motoring News, Autosport and Autocar peels back the layers of the world’s most glamorous sport to reveal the magnetic personalities, comical misadventures, cherished moments and harsh realities of a time when the drivers were heroes and the cars were lethal.

During four decades in F1, Alan became good friends with many of its stars, witnessing their greatest triumphs and their darkest hours. He reveals all in this absorbing read, opening a door into the real world of F1, with a collection of wonderful stories slanted in a way that you’ve never heard before.