There’s no one better than an insider to relay a story, and Wilson worked in Jaguar’s competitions department while the legendary Lightweight was developed and was a consultant on the reconstruction of 4868 WK. Using his knowledge, deep archive trawls and many conversations with others involved he’s collected a seriously detailed history of turning a road-going GT into a competitive racer. Dense with internal memos, reports and photographs, it’s tech-heavy but to an outsider like me it feels like the last word. It’s what you’d call a committed read due to the huge amount of information but there are things to learn, such as that Peter Lindner’s driving style involved shifting round the cockpit which meant he didn’t like a harness – which might have saved him in his terrible crash. Another is that if they hadn’t had to keep fixing crashed private Lightweights they might have been able to develop the E to beat those pesky GTOs… GC PJ Publishing, £95
ISBN 9781908658210