Roy Smith is a retired company director who has a life long passion for motorsport, and, since 1968, Alpine Renault in particular. He began writing in the 1960s for club magazines, mainly interviews with the notables of the time. A 40-year business career in sales and marketing developed an attention for detail that proved essential for the preparation of works such as this and his previous books: an account of the first turbo Formula 1 car, and a two-volume history of the Alpine Renault Sports Prototypes. Now a professional historic motor sport writer, Roy is once again writing another 'first in English,' with his usual desire to provide a good read to newcomers and hardened enthusiasts alike. He has written many specialist articles for magazines in France, and internationally as a UK historic correspondent.