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44-1256: Autocourse is a series of annuals covering motor racing , and Formula One in particular. The annuals cover a long period of the sport's history, from 1951 to the present day, and, as such, are highly collectable. Vol I 1951/52 1 1951 2 1951 3 1951 4 1952 Vol II 1952/53 1 1952 2 1952 3 1952 4 1953 Vol III 1953/54 1 5/1953 2 7/1953 3 9/1953 4 11/1953 5 1/1954 6 3/1954 Vol IV 1954/55 1 5/1954 2 7-8/1954 3 9-10/1954 4 11-12/1954 5 2/1955 6 4/1955 Vol V 1955/56 1 6/1955 2 8/1955 3 10/1955 4 12/1955 5 2/1956 6 3/1956 Vol VI 1956/57 1 4/1956 2 5/1956 3 6/1956 4 7/1956 5 8/1956 6 9/1956 7 10/1956 8 11/1956 9 12/1956 10 1/1957 11 2/1957 12 3/1957 Vol VII 1957 13 4/1957 14 5/1957 15 6/1957 16 7/1957 17 8/1957 18 9/1957 19 10/1957 20 11/1957 21 12/1957 Vol VIII 1958 22 1/1958 23 2/1958 24 3/1958 25 4/1958 26 5/1958 27 6/1958 28 7/1958 29 8/1958 30 9/1958 31 10/1958 32 11/1958 33 12/1958 Vol IX 1959 34 1/1959 Autocourse & Sporting Motorist 35 2/1959 “ 36 3/1959 “ 37 4/1959 “ 38 5/1959 Sporting Motorist 39 6/1959 “ 40 7/1959 “ 41 8/1959 “ 42 9/1959 “ 43 10/1959 “ 44 11/1959 “ 45 12/1959 “ 1959 Annual 1960 Annual in 2 parts The first edition of Autocourse appeared in 1951, as

88-462: A crash, Balestre announced the unilateral decision of FISA to ban Group B rallying in favour of the slower, less technically advanced Group A. Despite this decision, WRC driver fatalities peaked in 1989. Balestre is credited with establishing specific crash test requirements for Formula One cars, significantly improving the safety of the sport. He was also a key proponent of the switch to naturally aspirated engines in 1989, also arguing that such

132-510: A deal to sell on the title to Icon Publishing (which was formed by Bryn Williams again with Steve Small who has a long established relationship with the annual from being the Picture Editor). The front cover features a full-scale photograph of that year's F1 championship-winning driver in his car, underneath the distinctive yellow " Autocourse " title. In 1976, a drawing by Michael Turner was also used. In 1994 and 1995, three photos were used on

176-401: A few others. As Autocourse is published before the end of the year, persons who died at the end of the year are listed in next publication, for example the obituary of Clay Regazzoni was in the 2007 edition. There are usually some in-depth articles on various F1 topics; e.g., rule changes. These are usually written by well-known motor racing journalists, for example Nigel Roebuck . This is

220-463: A high color content. They are normally cover-dated with the following year's date to ensure that stockists do not remove them from their shelves immediately after the new year. One of the earliest annuals was issued in 1822. Frederic Shoberl was the founding editor of Ackermann ' s The Forget-me-not , which was an early annual, a then-new type of publication in England. Shoberl continued to edit

264-551: A monthly series and filling holes in a publishing schedule that are usually created when a fifth release day falls in a month. A comic book annual customarily has a larger page count than its monthly counterpart, leaving room for longer single stories, biographical information on featured characters, full-page pin-ups of characters, reprints of previously published material, and/or all-new short stories (often called "back-up" stories). Chase Magnett, for ComicBook.com , highlighted that "annuals are ultimately best defined by being what

308-623: A move was essential for safety reasons. However, Balestre has also been accused of using his power for more than it was intended. In 1989 , after Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost collided at Suzuka, there were implications in Autosport magazine that Balestre was involved in manipulating the World Championship in favour of Prost, as Senna would be disqualified from the race, fined, and suspended. This ultimately led to Max Mosley 's decision to run for

352-494: A quarterly review of motorsport, initially with each article in four languages (English, French, German and Italian). Its aims were "to provide the most complete data obtainable with interesting and authentic information, settle arguments and provide countless hours of interesting study and amusement." In 1957 a change of publisher saw the title change to 'Autocourse - For Motoring Sportsmen' and then as 'Autocourse and Sporting Motorist' until 1959. The first Autocourse in annual form

396-483: A sequence with no missing volumes). They are handled similar to serial publications, which typically means a single library catalog record for the title, not for individual years. The single record must then indicate which volumes (years) are held. The mid- and late 20th century saw a sharp increase in the publication of annuals to report scientific results and provide overview, both in ever more specialized topics and in popular summary. A new form of literary work called

440-483: A story for A-list characters which "creates an opportunity for a rising star to encounter the dedicated fanbase associated with these series, developing overlap that can expand the audience for talented new voices and grow the publisher's concept of who should be part of their top tier of creators". In 2017, Katie Schenkel, for Book Riot , highlighted that annuals are "less common that they were 20 or 30 years ago, but when companies decide to put them out for specific series

484-408: A unifying theme, either a similar theme that individual stories were written around, or a crossover storyline bringing many of the characters in the individual publishers' continuities together for a single overall event. In the case of the "crossover" annuals, the number of characters and annuals involved in a crossover story varied. Some were company-wide, incorporating virtually every character in

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528-742: A wealthy individual. He was a founding member of the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile , a French national motorsport organization, in 1950, and in 1961 became the first president of the International Karting Commission of the FIA. He was elected president of the FFSA in 1973 and president of the FIA's International Sporting Commission in 1978. He was instrumental in transforming the International Sporting Commission into

572-604: Is the longest section of the annual, and contains a report on each Grand Prix in the Formula One season, including qualifying, photos, comprehensive results and sidebars for more in-depth news stories. This consists of the full results table for the season, featuring each driver and accompanied since 1996 by a group photo of all the drivers in one of the Grands Prix. Other statistics are also given, such as overall career details for each driver and their average qualifying position over

616-472: The Daily Mail Year Book (since 1901). Two early German titles are Europäischer Geschichtskalender , founded in 1861 by Heinrich Schulthess and Gottlob Egelhaaf's Historisch-politische Jahresübersicht (28 volumes, 1908–1936). In the case of comic books , an annual is an extra issue that corresponds with an ongoing series , providing story material in addition to the customary 12 issues per year of

660-516: The Formula One World Championships between 1980 and 1982. Balestre and his opponent, Bernie Ecclestone , settled the dispute after Enzo Ferrari brokered a compromise. Balestre signed the first Concorde Agreement , under which FOCA was granted the commercial rights to Formula One while the FIA retained control of all sporting and technical regulations. In 1986, a few hours after the death of Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto in

704-514: The Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) from 1978 to 1991 and President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) from 1985 to 1993. Balestre was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , Bouches-du-Rhône . He studied law in Paris, and afterwards worked as a journalist on a number of publications. Details of Balestre's activities during World War II are unknown. He

748-472: The Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) in 1978 winning the election by 29 votes to 11 over Tom Binford . In the late 1970s, photographs began to circulate of Balestre wearing a German SS uniform, and he took unsuccessful legal action to suppress their publication. Balestre was heavily involved in what is colloquially called the FISA–FOCA war , a political battle over finances and control of

792-633: The " Obituary for the Annual" appeared in the Art Journal of 1857. The death of the annuals and new photo techniques replacing etching ended most engravers' careers. A yearbook is a volume that summarizes events of the past year. One of the earliest is The Annual Register , published in London since 1758. A forerunner is Abel Boyer 's The Political State of Great Britain (38 volumes, 1711–29). Later examples include The Statesman's Yearbook (since 1864) and

836-422: The "Annual" was a fad from about 1823 through 1857 and became so popular that they were soon published up to 17 times a year. British royalty increased their popularity. They closely resemble many college literary "books" just produced for college campus today, except they contained many etchings of beautiful women from steel plates. They were the fashion magazines of the day. Later it became fashionable to watercolor

880-401: The "bust", when numbered series of annuals had reached the tens or twenties, indicating over a decade of regular publication. Currently, the comic book annual is still something of a rarity, its purpose in presenting "extra" material often served by Special Edition s that are released at random intervals rather than the set yearly schedule of an annual. Annuals often allow new talent to develop

924-454: The "classic" line-up of annuals based on comics) means that sales remain strong, and, in fact, they doubled between 1998 and 2005. Some annuals have become extremely collectible, especially The Beano , The Dandy , Rupert and Eagle . Jean-Marie Balestre Jean-Marie Balestre ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi balɛstʁ] ; 9 April 1921 – 27 March 2008) was a French auto racing administrator, who became President of

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968-457: The FIA, while remaining president of FISA, in 1986. He was replaced as president of FISA in 1991 when he lost the election to Max Mosley in October by a vote of 43 to 29. Facing certain defeat in the re-election to the FIA presidency in October 1993, Balestre elected to stand down, and proposed that FISA be abolished and Mosley replace him as president of the FIA. Balestre maintained the presidency of

1012-507: The FISA presidency. Senna fell out with Balestre who threatened to revoke his super license but was included on the 1990 entry list. However, when Senna collided with Prost in 1990 at the same circuit, Balestre did not intervene or sanction the Brazilian. Years later, after leaving the presidency of FIA, Balestre admitted to having acted to benefit Prost in 1989. Balestre was elected as president of

1056-538: The Number One driver in the annual the previous year, despite winning the title. The second occasion was in 2023 when the foreword was penned by Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner . This is a page or so of material which summarises the year in motor racing from the editor's point of view. For the 50th anniversary edition in 2000, the publisher, Richard Poulter , also wrote a brief introduction. The annual states that these top ten F1 drivers are "chosen by

1100-449: The annual until 1834. A junior version called The Juvenile Forget-me-not was published from 1828 onward. For many years until the near-collapse of the British children's comics market, an annual would be published each year for each of the comic titles published by Thomson and IPC/Fleetway, featuring extra adventures of the comic's current and former characters, plus additional material in

1144-515: The annuals are often out towards the end of summer. Comic story arcs tend to be around six issues long, and annuals fit in between one arc and the next". In the U.K. , a large number of annuals are published shortly before the end of each year by companies such as D. C. Thomson , Egmont (formerly IPC/ Fleetway ), and Rebellion Developments , aimed at the Christmas market. These annuals are generally large-sized hardcover books with over 100 pages and

1188-413: The characters featured than in the monthly publications, reflecting the "special" status of their once-yearly publication. Most annuals consisted of standalone stories that did not fit in with the then-current thrust of the monthly series' storyline. In the late 1980s and much of the 1990s, annuals published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics were usually released in the summer of the year and often had

1232-526: The death of long time editor Alan Henry ) has chosen the Top Ten F1 drivers of each season. In 1991, the Formula One Review was changed into a team-by-team format. In 2000, Autocourse celebrated its 50th anniversary. In 2005, Bryn Williams took on the publishing of the annual with Crash Media Group, who purchased the series from Hazleton Publishing (publishers since 1975). In late 2009, CMG confirmed

1276-484: The editor, taking into account their racing performances and the equipment at their disposal". This has been a feature of Autocourse since 1966. Drivers who do not complete the whole season are not usually eligible to be included in the list, although exceptions have been made. Obituaries of persons involved in motorsport who have died during the past year. The 2008 edition included obituaries for Phil Hill , Ove Andersson , Paul Newman and Jean-Marie Balestre , among

1320-404: The etchings and the "Annuals" became early coloring books. There was later a backlash against "beauty" and the fad ended, as did steel plate etchings for books. "The Annual" was a long-running fad from 1824 until 1857 which started in England, but spilled over into the U.S. Steel plates of the 1820s allowed book publishers to mass-produce pictures. What started out as an "annual book" or a gift for

1364-528: The form of puzzles, text articles, etc. Annuals were often even published for comics which had themselves ceased publication or been absorbed into other titles; for example, Scorcher annuals were still being published 10 years after the comic itself had been absorbed into Tiger . Today, this section of the market has been reduced to just a couple of surviving titles. In addition, annuals are often published centered on sports, toys, currently-popular celebrities, recently released films, and popular TV series. In

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1408-402: The front cover. The interior title page often features the runner-up, or another photograph of note. This has been written by the newly crowned champion since 1963 and is accompanied by their signature. There have been only two exceptions. The first was in 1991, when Nobuhiko Kawamoto , the chief of Honda's F1 engine programme, wrote it instead of Ayrton Senna , after Senna was not acclaimed

1452-456: The holidays turned into something that had up to 17 editions through the year (yet were still called annuals). Countess Blessington and other royal women contributed to the works and altered fashion. This fad was sometimes referred to as "beauty", as books with plates of women defined the content. In one book, the steel plate was damaged and another picture of a woman was simply used as a replacement. The illustrations often had nothing to do with

1496-445: The late 1990s, mainly due to the near-collapse of the comic book industry in the wake of the speculator boom ; annuals were seen as an unnecessary risk in a climate where many monthly publications were in danger of cancellation for lack of sales (especially at Marvel, which filed for bankruptcy at this time). When the industry began to recover from the "bust", annuals began re-appearing on occasion, but by no means as regularly as before

1540-419: The main section of the annual. Before 1991, this consisted of an in-depth analysis of the season as a whole, followed by technical reviews of each team and chassis specifications. From 1991 onwards, the Formula One review was organised in a team-by-team format, with the analysis, specifications, an illustration of each car and photos of the relevant drivers (and team personnel) in a single team's section. This

1584-428: The monthly issues are not" and that "the only consistency surrounding the concept of these special sorts of issues is that they have been around in some form or another just about as long as superhero comics have been published". An annual is considered a separate series for purposes of numbering and collectability; a particular periodical's Annual will thus have its own numbering series, or alternately be referred to by

1628-492: The period of the 1950s to the 1980s, companies like World Distributors , Brown Watson , and Grandreams were known for publishing annuals based on licensed characters and properties. British annuals are also published featuring American characters such as Spider-Man , often with simplified content aimed at younger readers. As tastes in these areas change, so does the line-up of annuals released each year. The increasing emphasis in recent years on annuals of this type (as opposed to

1672-427: The publisher's shared universe whose series received an annual edition. Most of those which used smaller groups of characters were specific to teams or "extended families" of characters; annual crossovers with no preexisting connection between the characters do exist, such as Marvel Comics' "Lifeform" from 1990, but are comparatively rare. Annuals published by DC and particularly Marvel became fewer and far between by

1716-669: The season. Every year, a review of junior single seater formulae is included (currently F2 , F3 and Formula Three ), as well as reports on the year's international sports car racing , and the American racing scene (comprising NASCAR , IndyCar Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship ). The current annuals are over 300 pages long. Aside from one-off driver and team biographies branded as Autocourse publications, there are also five other annuals: Annual publication To libraries and collectors, annuals present challenges of size (tens or hundreds of volumes) and completeness (acquiring

1760-408: The text content. The content of the text was often of poor quality and "The American Book of Beauty" contained a story of prison torture with an illustration of a pretty woman with a lapdog . "The American Book of Beauty" also has several copies of the books with portraits in different orders. One edition of the "Heath's Book of Beauty" was a college project and contained poems, short stories, etc. 1826

1804-587: The year of its publication. As a result, annuals are much less valuable as collectables than other comic books, since collectors do not view them as part of a complete series run. Comic book annuals originally were little more than reprint albums (for example Superman Annual #1, August 1960), representing stories that had first seen publication in their monthly counterparts, but eventually, this changed to annuals featuring primarily all-new material (the first example being Fantastic Four Annual #1, July 1963 ). Later annuals often featured stories with greater import to

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1848-645: Was a member of the French Nazi division of the SS , but later claimed to have been an undercover agent for the French Resistance , and received the Legion of Honour for services to France in 1968. After the war, he worked as a journalist for Robert Hersant at a successful French automobile magazine called L'Auto-Journal . Balestre continued to work with Hersant as he expanded his publishing operations, which made Balestre

1892-622: Was not a good year for the annuals, because of the Panic of 1825 . Thomas Hood 's sarcastic poem "The Battle of the Annuals" was published in the 1830s. Watercolor became popular in the 1830s and the black and white etchings were the coloring books of the day. In 1842, Volume 1, page 521 of the Illustrated London News , there are sarcastic pictures poking fun at the annuals. In 1844 there was an article referring to it as imbecilic mania and finally

1936-483: Was published in 1959 as a paperback. The first hardback annual was 1961/62 which continues to this day. In 1963, Jim Clark started the tradition of the F1 World Champion writing the foreword for the annual, a tradition only broken in 1991, when Senna refused following a dispute over the annual's Top Ten drivers (see below). Starting in 1966, the annual's editor (currently Tony Dodgins, who took over in 2016 after

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