The epic 1976 season battle between Ferrari's Niki Lauda and James Hunt of McLaren was one of the most intense championship struggles in Formula One history, and is now dramatically told in the about to be released movie Rush.

Set against a backdrop of turbulent F1 politics, and the powerful yet respectful team and personal rivalries, the championship was balanced on a knife edge at the final race in Japan.

Lauda, who had survived a near-fatal crash at the German Grand Prix just months earlier, withdrew from the race stating that his life was more important than the championship. Hunt, in the McLaren scored the third position he needed to win the title by the slender margin of one point.

Amalgam can now offer for pre-order a precise Amalgam 1:8 scale replica of the Ferrari 312T2 driven by Niki Lauda at the Japanese GP, and the McLaren M23D in authentic race livery as driven by James Hunt, each in a limited edition of just 199 pieces.

A small batch of just 3 models will be available at the end of September, followed by another 5 models each month.

There will be a very high demand for these models, so if you wish to get an early delivery we are taking pre-orders now.

Check out our Amalgam 312T2 and M23D gallery, here.

More details and pre-order the Ferrari here and the McLaren here.