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I am a d1 Max Verstappen glazer and I loved this book. (Why was my king Valtteri Bottas' Scandinavianness erased?!) .
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Very informative look at the history of Formula One. Probably worth a couple of reads, there’s a ton of history to unpack.
A very good read, but a couple of easily fixable mistakes knocked its rating down (Valtteri Bottas is obviously not Estonian and Lewis Hamilton won six drivers titles and eight constructors titles with Mercedes).
This is not a chronological retelling of the history of F1 - which, thank god - but rather the authors have picked out some of the most important and controversial from its history. There’s the rise (and arguably fall) of Bernie, without whom the sport wouldn’t be half of what it is today, the dominance periods of McLaren, Ferrari and Williams respectively, and then a lot of the modern events in F1 (among those are Spygate, Crashgate, Brawn F1, Liberty Media buying F1, DTS and, of course, Abu Dhabi 2021).
I’ve read a couple of history books on Formula 1 (shout out to Maurice Hamilton) so I was familiar with most of the subject matter, but despite that (or maybe, because of that) I still found myself immersed in the stories that were told and the new perspectives that were shown. The writing style is light but still detailed at the same time, with well-timed jokes and a well-placed sarcastic remark here and there (the description of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen in the DTS chapter made me chuckle).
As a long time fan of the sport, I don’t particularly think I was the target audience but still this book made for very good entertainment and I’d recommend it to anyone who’s interested in learning more about F1 and what exactly made the sport what it is today (whether you like what it’s become or not)
This is not a chronological retelling of the history of F1 - which, thank god - but rather the authors have picked out some of the most important and controversial from its history. There’s the rise (and arguably fall) of Bernie, without whom the sport wouldn’t be half of what it is today, the dominance periods of McLaren, Ferrari and Williams respectively, and then a lot of the modern events in F1 (among those are Spygate, Crashgate, Brawn F1, Liberty Media buying F1, DTS and, of course, Abu Dhabi 2021).
I’ve read a couple of history books on Formula 1 (shout out to Maurice Hamilton) so I was familiar with most of the subject matter, but despite that (or maybe, because of that) I still found myself immersed in the stories that were told and the new perspectives that were shown. The writing style is light but still detailed at the same time, with well-timed jokes and a well-placed sarcastic remark here and there (the description of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen in the DTS chapter made me chuckle).
As a long time fan of the sport, I don’t particularly think I was the target audience but still this book made for very good entertainment and I’d recommend it to anyone who’s interested in learning more about F1 and what exactly made the sport what it is today (whether you like what it’s become or not)
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