Paul Parker’s In Camera titles about motor racing have been so acclaimed by pundits and book buyers that he is returning to where he started – Formula 1 in Camera 1970–79 – by compiling ‘Volume 2’, containing a completely fresh selection of 250 images. Meticulously researched, rare photographs (most in colour) are brought to life through the author’s well-observed and atmospheric commentary to create a visually stunning and highly nostalgic record of the decade.

• The decade started with the tragic 1970 season that saw two deaths at F1 races: Piers Courage at Zandvoort, Holland and Jochen Rindt – the sport’s only posthumous World Champion – at Monza, Italy.
• Until his retirement in 1973, Jackie Stewart, driving for Tyrrell, was the biggest star of the period, winning World Championship titles in 1971 and 1973.
• Emerson Fittipaldi, who achieved a permanent seat with Team Lotus after Rindt’s death, was also a double World Champion, in 1972 driving a Lotus 72 and in 1974 driving a McLaren M23.
• Perhaps the decade’s most dramatic season came in 1976 when Niki Lauda (Ferrari), despite a brave comeback after suffering serious burns in a crash at the Nürburgring, lost the World Championship title battle to Britain’s James Hunt (McLaren) at the final race of the year.
• Lauda was a third double World Champion during the decade, winning the crown in 1975 and 1977 driving for Ferrari.
• In terms of technical innovation, the decade concluded much as it had started – with Lotus at the forefront. Lotus’s Colin Chapman perfected the concept of ‘ground-effect’ aerodynamics with the Lotus 79, which carried Mario Andretti to the World Championship in 1978.
• Jody Scheckter, one of the period’s most exciting young talents, was World Champion in 1979, driving for a resurgent Ferrari team.