Sports prototype racing is about endurance, for the drivers, for the teams and for the companies involved. In this first volume of Alpine and Renault—The Sports Prototypes we see the effort, the blood, the sweat and the tears, reputations won and lost, life and also death. The cars, some of the most evocative ever seen, are described in detail—stunningly beautiful, creative, slippery aerodynamic designs that allowed Alpine to take many class wins and a few outright victories in championship racing. It tells of a long struggle with a lacklustre V8 engine, the pressures on the team and politics between Renault, Alpine, and Gordini and final cruel instructions to cease racing.