Alan Henry
author
Alan Henry (9 June 1947 – 3 March 2016) was a British Grand Prix reporter and motorsport author. He began as a freelancer in British club racing in 1968 while working for Barclays International, and became a full-time writer in 1970 when he joined Motoring News. He reported on Grand Prix racing from the early 1970s. He was Grand Prix editor of Autocar until 2012, Editor at Large of F1 Racing magazine, and Formula One correspondent of The Guardian. From 1988 he was chief editor of the Autocourse annual Formula One review. He wrote more than 50 motorsport books, including titles on Ferrari, Brabham, Derek Bell, Jenson Button and Ronnie Peterson. In 1984 the Guild of Motoring Writers gave him the Pierre Dreyfus award for Ferrari: The Grand Prix Cars (1985). He lived in rural Essex and died on 3 March 2016 after an illness.[1]
- Formula One
- Grand Prix racing
- Ferrari
- motorsport history
Works by Alan Henry
- 1988 The Ferrari Dino 246, 308 and 328 (A Collector's Guide) 144 pages; the book this record is linked to
- 1985 Ferrari: The Grand Prix Cars Won the 1984 Pierre Dreyfus award from the Guild of Motoring Writers, as stated in the source
Awards
- 1984 Pierre Dreyfus Award (for Ferrari: The Grand Prix Cars)