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Book Review: How to Build a Car
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Eight years ago, Adrian Newey published a book called How to Build a Car. This was after he had designed eleven championship-winning Formula 1 cars from the most recent 26 seasons, and before adding another four in the intervening years. After much badgering from a relative, this author finally got down to reading Newey’s…
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Book Review: Niki Lauda – The Biography
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A year after the death of three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda, renowned British journalist Maurice Hamilton (no relation) wrote and published a final biography of the great Austrian. In it he collected countless reports and interviews from then and now, taking the reader through the central events of Niki’s life from a…
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Book Review: The Unknown Kimi Räikkönen
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Tuntematon Kimi Räikkönen, or The Unknown Kimi Räikkönen in its English-language publication, is an-off track biography of the life of the 2007 Formula 1 World Champion, written by the nationally popular and respected Finnish author Kari Hotakainen. Hotakainen is outspokenly not a follower of Formula 1 or very knowledgeable about the sport as he…
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Book Review: Nigel Mansell – Staying on Track
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Back in 2015, 1992 Formula 1 World Champion Nigel Mansell published his most recent autobiography entitled Staying on Track. With a title as thrilling as the man himself, this author finally got around after some years to review it, and share some nuggets of wisdom from the book. Overview To start with, Staying on…
A tribute to the heroic failures of Grand Prix racing