Chas Parker

About The Author

Chas Parker swapped a career in astronomy, during which time he was press officer for the Royal Greenwich Observatory, to begin writing about his other great interest, motorsport. He worked for a number of years as a freelance sub-editor and occasional contributor for Motorsport News, often reporting on such events as the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood Revival and Silverstone Classic. He has written 14 books, including a history of Brands Hatch, together with manuals about the Jaguar D-type, Bugatti Type 35, Lola T70 and Ford Model T. He was the principal author of Jaguar C-type: The Autobiography of XKC 051, which was short-listed for the 2017 RAC Motoring Book of the Year Award.

Books by Chas Parker

Silverstone

The home of British motor racing

By Chas Parker
The former wartime airfield at Silverstone is Britain’s most important motor racing circuit, best known as the home of the British Grand Prix and where the first Formula 1 World Championship race was staged in 1950. This magnificent book, originally published in 2013 and now comprehensively updat...
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