Swiss Sport: Two more books for the shelf

SPECIAL FOCUS Even those who do not understand French or Italian will get their money's worth with the books on the history of the Ticino and Grisons races and on the 2022 Swiss Rally Championship.

Editorial - December 25, 2022

Since the beginning of the 20th century, about 50 different races for automobiles, motorcycles and go-karts have already taken place in Ticino and the neighboring regions of the Grisons. Many have already almost fallen into oblivion.

In the elaborate book with the long title "Classiche motoristice in Ticino e nei Grigioni e storia del rally in Ticino" (Motor classics in Ticino and Grisons and history of rallies in Ticino) the reader learns everything about any events and the many racers from the two cantons. As many drivers from other cantons and from abroad often played a role or started their careers there, they are also discussed.

The 420-page book in the format 21 by 27 centimeters is only available in Italian. But the abundance of more than 1000 photos and illustrations (gallery) make it interesting even for non-linguistic readers. The author is the Ticino publicist Giorgio Keller, who already published a similar book about the Ticino GP drivers in 2019. It is published by Fontana EdizionI, Lugano at a price of 58 francs. It can be ordered by email to piloti.ticinesi@bluewin.ch or in bookstores (ISBN 978-88-8191-631-3).

Complete rally season in words and pictures
Rallyes 2022" focuses entirely on rallying, which is popular in French-speaking Switzerland. The author trio Nuno Ferreira, Sébastien Moulin and Baptiste Aebi from Sport-auto.ch not only review the past Swiss season, but also look back in French at the years 2012, 2002 and 1992.

This 176-page book in landscape format is also richly illustrated. The foreword is written by record-breaking world rally champion Sébastien Loeb, a Swiss by choice and friend of organizer Eric Jordan, who has competed in and won the Rallye du Chablais several times. Each rally report is accompanied by detailed results. In the appendix follows an interview with the new Swiss rally champion Jonathan Hirschi, an insight into the life of co-drivers and a ranking section.

The easiest way to obtain "Rallyes 2022" at a price of 68 Swiss francs is via the Sport-auto.ch homepage.