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How to Build a Car by Adrian Newey is an autobiography that explores the fascinating world of Formula One design. The book recounts Newey's journey and experiences, highlighting the creative and technical challenges of engineering race-winning cars. It offers insights into his personal life and the evolution of his illustrious career in motorsport.
Lessons in Leadership from a World Championship Winning F1 Team Boss McLaren Racing hadn't won a championship in twenty-six yearsโuntil Zak Brown joined the team. A professional racer for ten years, Zak Brown is a CEO who knows how to bring the competitive mindset of a life in motorsport to building successful businesses and teams. Under his leadership, McLaren Racing has been transformed into a racing powerhouse, zooming onto the global motorsport stage. In Seven Tenths of A Second, Zak shows us how it's doneโovercoming early adversity, managing competitive team-mates, fostering the drive for victory, and building the best team in the world.
A thrilling, candid and uncompromising memoir covering over twenty-years at the pinnacle of Formula 1,ย Driveย sees Christian Horner, one of the sportโs biggest characters, take readers into the heart of Red Bull Racing as he reflects on his extraordinary career. For over twenty years Christian Horner built and ran Red Bull Racing, transforming a rookie team acquired for ยฃ1 into one of the leading forces in Formula 1. Inspired by the companyโs unofficial motto, โNo Risk, No Funโ, Hornerโs Red Bull rewrote the rulebook, broke longstanding records, won fourteen World Championship titles and created a global sporting franchise now worth billions. Driveย tells that story. From Christianโs childhood passion for speed to his career as a racing driver, to his appointment as the youngest team principal in F1 history. It...
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'HANDS DOWN THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT F1.' - Sam Walker, author of The Captain Class 'MODERN F1 IS THE SPORTS STORY OF THIS ERA AND NO ONE COULD TELL IT BETTER' - Kevin Clark, ESPN 'THE FASTEST READ YOU WILL EVER PICK UP' - A.J. Baime, author of Go Like Hell F1 is now the fastest growing sport in the world; the full story of its unbelievable rise is a riveting saga only hinted at by the likes of Drive to Survive. In this bookโthe first, definitive account of how F1 came to achieve total global fandomโWall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg take us inside a world full of racing obsessives, glamorous settings, petrolheads, engineering geniuses, dashing racers,...
With theย Carreraย GO!!!ย "Super Formula" set, Max Verstappen in the Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 "M. Verstappen, No.1" and Lando Norris in the McLaren MCL39 "L. Norris, No.4" engage in thrilling duels. On the 5.3-meter-long track with high-speed straights, spectacular bends and a loop, young racing drivers experience the feeling of being part of the Formula 1 world themselves.ย The detailed vehicles ensure real racing fever, while close head-to-head duels and exciting overtaking maneuvers get the adrenaline pumping. World champion superiority meets the fighting spirit of an up-and-coming talent - this set brings speed, action and pure competitive spirit to the track. Perfect for anyone who loves the thrill of Formula 1! Carrera GO!!! Super Formula Setย โ official F1-style slot car racing system Includesย Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 โM. Verstappen,...
Experience the legendary history of Formula 1 in this definitive illustrated book. Foreword by Ross Brawn. Fully revised and updated, Formula 1: The Official History is an electrifying account of the F1 phenomenon, telling the complete story of one of the world's most popular, thrilling, and glamorous sports. Bringing together a superbly written account of the history of the sport and an exceptional selection of stunning images from across eight decades of F1 racing, the book charts the FIA Formula One World Championship, decade by decade, from its first race at Silverstone in May 1950 right through to the present day. Each chapter tells the fascinating stories behind the greatest drivers and teams, important personnel, famous and infamous incidents, as well as key changes to the rules on...
Sunday Times bestselling author with insider F1 paddock access reveals the behind-the-scenes story of Sir Lewis Hamilton's sensational move to Ferrari and his onward journey with the team Hamilton's move to Ferrari was the F1 story of the decade. And now his progress is coming under the intense scrutiny of his 40+ million social media followers, the passionate tifosi and the world's media, as he fulfils his boyhood dream of driving for the legendary Italian team that has been in the sport since its inception. Drawing on his own first-hand observations and expertise, while also speaking to key in-world figures, including former teammates George Russell and Jenson Button, F1 author and journalist Ben Hunt will uncover the politics, the strategy, the ambition and raw emotion behind this historic...
The Definitive Biography of the Most Successful Driver in F1 History After equalling Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles, and overtaking him as having the most race wins, pole positions, and podium finishes, Sir Lewis Hamilton became the most successful racing driver of all timeโand the most dominant and successful Briton ever to drive in Formula 1. Hamilton's debut season in 2007 won him fans around the world, and his place in Formula 1 history was sealed the following year when he became the youngest ever world champion. In the years since, he has created headlines on and off the track with his rivalries with Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen, a shock move from Mercedes to Ferrari, along with relationships that have landed him on...
How do two drivers, two of the best twenty in the world, drive on the same racetrack and have such different results? This is Formula One unlocked, revealing the strategy and skill behind the most successful drivers in the world.With exclusive insider access, F1 Racing: Drive reveals the tactics of the top teams and strategies they use to optimize driver performance, explaining how drivers succeed, why they fail and those marginal adjustments that are the difference between winning and losing.Why does one driver become a champion and another the nearly man? F1 Racing: Drive will examine the myriad driving styles Formula One serves up across all the different temperaments, conditions, backdrops and strategies that inform this global sport.Sit in the driverโs seat with Sky Sports F1 commentator Rachel...
The exclusive access-all-areas inside story of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team This book lifts the lid on what life is really like inside our team and it has been based on unprecedented access - nobody has ever been this close to what happens behind the scenes. - Toto Wolff With exclusive and unprecedented access to the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, award-winning writer Matt Whyman charts the journey of the Silver Arrows as they face their greatest challenge: the race back to the front. Once untouchable, the winner of seven Drivers' World Championships and eight consecutive Constructors' World Championships confronts the reality of no longer being F1's top dog. Whyman, fully embedded across the 2023 and 2024 seasons, follows decorated drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, Team Principal...
