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Start your engines – the good, the bad and the ugly of New Zealand's Formula 1 elite
A new book by motor-racing historian John Smailes looks at the triumphs and tragedies of the greatest New Zealand and Australian Formula 1 drivers. This excerpt looks at Chris Amon, who was famously talented and desperately unlucky.