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Zoom: Personal Images and Insights from the Stars of F1, the third official book of the charity auction of photographs taken by the stars of the sport, is now available to purchase.

The book contains images which were taken by all the F1 drivers and team bosses over the course of the 2014 season and were auctioned in January in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSHCC).

This year’s Zoom auction took place at the InterContinental London Park Lane on Friday 16th January. The photographs were auctioned for GOSHCC in front of a star-studded guest list, including famous faces from the world of F1 such as Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner and Geri Halliwell, Claire Williams, Eric Boullier, Graeme Lowdon ans Adrian Newey.

These photos give a unique behind-the-scenes insight into the lives of the world’s most famous racing drivers. It meant subjects covered were as diverse as Jenson Button’s view of his ‘office’ to Toto Wolff’s on-the-grid selfie with colleague Paddy Lowe in Bahrain. And members of the Sky Sports F1 team were also asked to get involved, with the likes of Martin Brundle, Damon Hill and David Croft sending in their own snapshot of the season.

In conjunction with Zoom and ahead of the event, Sky Sports F1 ran a competition asking fans to send in their favourite photographs of 2014 via Facebook, Twitter and email for a chance to win a fabulous set of prizes courtesy of Zoom and Nikon. We were inundated with your snaps and Mark Timms was judged as the winner with his photograph of young Ferrari fans.

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Mark's winning image was printed and framed alongside all the other pictures for the 2015 Zoom charity auction but that’s not all as the image has also been added to the new Zoom book, immortalised forever for fans and readers alike.

The 124-page book retails at £15 and includes all 52 photographs from Zoom 2015 alongside descriptions of each image in the photographer’s own words.

The book also contains a foreword by Formula One’s chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. “It has all been done for a wonderful cause,” he says. “You are getting a glimpse into a side of F1 that isn’t shown on television and as you will see, it isn’t all about fast cars and champagne.”

Christian Sylt, founder of Zoom, added: “I’d like to thank everyone who has helped make Zoom possible, especially our partners, the teams and drivers, Bernie Ecclestone and everyone else who took a photo. Fans who missed out on a chance to bid for a signed print can still support Zoom by buying this book and it’s an ideal gift for anyone interested in F1.”