However, normally I would eagerly await the arrival of my Autocourse at the end of each year, but this year I was a little restrained. The reason for this restraint was that I recently purchased the 2001 F1 magazine annual, which is from Bernie Ecclestone's outfit. In perusing Bernie's annual, I realised that Autocourse are lacking in a lot of areas. Driver, team, race reports and technical reviews are all superior in the F1 Annual, shading Autocourse by quite a margin. I still chose to purchase this year's Autocourse though largely to continue my collection, but also because of the superior production quality and photography. Also, I bought simply because I could afford to. I intend to buy the F1 annual at a later date. For those on a budget, who intend to choose between Autocourse and F1 Annual, I would recommend F1 Annual, for the superior quality of information it contains.