THE TIMELESS RACER: EPISODE 1 LIMITED EDITION. This Limited Edition appeals to collectors and fans who enjoy owning what others don’t. Designed to add a colorful flair to your office or home, it has a soft touch-finished slipcase with a stunning size of about 12.5″ x 15″. It comes with a unique cover design showing the Masucci X-7A with open engine (the unlimited book features the Masucci X-7B closed). The print run is limited to 1113 copies world-wide, stated on both slipcase and book cover with “one of 1113 copies”. The case not only adds a color punch to your book shelve but protects the valuable book for years to come.

THE BEGINNING OF A COLLECTION. The case graphic echoes the livery of the hero’s car, and so will the cases of upcoming episodes, creating a colorful collection on your shelve. “One of 1113″ is stamped on both cover and case.

FOREWORD BY A LEGEND. The foreword has been written by racing legend Jacky Ickx, who raced in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s for many famed teams such as Ferrari, McLaren, Porsche, Brabham or Lotus. He is the only driver to have won in Formula One, Can-Am, Le Mans, and the Paris-Dakar rally.

THE TIMELESS RACER: EPISODE 1 PITLANE CLUB EDITION. The ‘Pitlane Club’ is a highly personalized and hand-finished series, each approved and assembled by Daniel Simon. The heavy slipcase comes with a solid 4.5″ x 3.5″ aluminum plate with your name and book number stamped. The book is printed on heavy photo paper and includes a fifth silver print color and has the same page content as the other editions. Limited to 313 world-wide.

A LOOK INSIDE. The box contains a 12″ x 14″ poster of an exclusive shot of the Masucci X5 (printed in Simon’s office), a introduction by the head of Ferrari Design, and a original sketch on 11″x14″ paper by Daniel Simon dedicate to you. Each book is signed, hand numbered, and dedicated inside. Protected in a custom shipping box.

HAND-CRAFTED DEDICATION. The aluminum number plate is the center piece of this edition. Personally stamped by Daniel Simon with your name and book number, it is truly one-of-a-kind. Please make sure to leave specific instructions ( name on the metal plate, number wishes, and specific dedication inside the book if wished ) to Simon during the order process. Before the final check-out, you will find a window called “order notes/personalization”. Please allow a few weeks for delivery, each book takes Simon about one hour to assemble and ready for shipment.

UNIQUE. Each book includes now an original side view sketch of a race car on heavy 11″x14″ paper, with your name and signed.

A LOOK INSIDE. Seen here is hero Vic Cooper and the Masucci X-7. Top Gear magazine says on the back cover: ‘After Cosmic Motors and his adventures in Hollywood, this is Daniel Simon’s next big coup.’ Design fans, car enthusiasts, CG addicts and science-fiction aficionados can enjoy Simon’s parallel world through hyper-real renderings, drawings and photography of fictional drivers, managers and beautiful women. This first episode puts three uniquely designed race cars in the spotlight: The 1981 Masucci X-5, the 2027 Masucci X-7 and the 2027 Prideux -Martin MF/27.

A LOOK INSIDE. All three featured cars have their double page of design drawings, here the retro 1981 Masucci X-5, inspired by cars like the Porsche 956 or Jaguar XJR-14. The foreword has been written by racing legend Jacky Ickx, who raced in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s for many famed teams such as Ferrari, McLaren, Porsche, Brabham or Lotus. He is the only driver to have won in Formula One, Can-Am, Le Mans, and the Paris-Dakar rally.

A LOOK INSIDE. Vic Cooper sitting on a 1986 Masucci X-5, a car which claimed the life of his father – famed racing star Jay McQuade. Simon worked over 4 weeks on this image alone in 50 megapixel resolution. All designs, photographs, stories, and characters were exclusively invented for this book. The total time invested in this first Episode reaches about 4500 hours. No other vehicles that Simon worked on before have such amount of detail, which explains the decision to bring you this series at an unusual oversize of 12″ x 14″. To keep the book affordable at that impressive size, The Timeless Racer is broken up in Episodes, since Simon wants you not to miss a single screw and stitch.
Simon will present in this series over the next years fictitious racing machines at impeccable detail up to 50 megapixel, including vehicle specs and maps of the tracks they raced on. All vehicles and characters are explained through the carefully written story of racer Vic Cooper, who time-travels to the past and the future to compete in the most challenging motor races between 1916 and 2615. This is episode 1, the year 2027, written in English, French and German. Seen here a full spread from Episode 1 showing the 1981 Masucci X5.

A LOOK INSIDE. A 50 Megapixel render of the Masucci X-7S and its gas turbine as featured in the book.