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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
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Loved. F1 for newbies like me. Covered the basics beautifully in easy to understand terms.
Didn’t care too much about the history of past drivers. Loved the beginning of the book talking about f1 in general.
Didn’t care too much about the history of past drivers. Loved the beginning of the book talking about f1 in general.
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A great intro into the history of Formula 1, i would recommend it to anyone interested in the sport!
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Will Buxton is a well known journalist within Formula 1. He’s a host for F1 and F1TV as well as a well known figure on Netflix’s Drive to Survive.
In this book, Buxton presents the history of the sport from its conception in 1950 to now, I’d say right before or right at the beginning of the 2024 season. Paired with beautiful illustrations it gives an overview of the sport throughout the decades by presenting a summary of the most important things from the decades as well as a summary for the drivers and teams that dominated or are strongly associated with the decade at hand.
I think one of the books' stronger sides is its structure. It begins with more general knowledge about the sports such as the basics of the different sessions over a race weekend, or different technical aspects that are important to the sport that newer fans might not have thought about.
I’m a relatively new F1 fan and I found myself learning a lot about things I hadn’t even thought about when it comes to the sport. After the first part titled “What is Formula 1?” we get into the actual history of the sport. It’s presented decade by decade, and each chapter begins with a summary of the decade, then the best drivers of the decade and/or the drivers most associated with the decade, as well as the dominating teams at the time.
I really liked this way of presenting the history of the sport. It made it easy to grasp and learn about the drivers of the past that you might have heard of, but don’t know alot about, and also the teams that have come and gone and the impact they have had on the sport.
Overall, I think Buxton succeeds in what he set out to do, but as soon as you get into the current times you will be reminded that Formula 1 is a fast-moving sport. As long as you take some of the “current” parts with a grain of salt as parts of it are no longer relevant after the end of the 2024 season, I think this is a great way to get into the history of formula 1.
I’d recommend this to newer fans of the sport, and older fans who want to know more about the history of F1.
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Highly informative book - a must read for f1 fans.
Illustrations are very accurate apart from charles leclerc who was done dirty here!
A very enjoyable book to read and a beautifully published book.
Illustrations are very accurate apart from charles leclerc who was done dirty here!
A very enjoyable book to read and a beautifully published book.
informative
medium-paced
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced