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A nicely written history of F1, with lots of detail of key people and events. I learned a lot.
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Lost a .5 for not pronouncing Sainz correctly.
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Formula 1 fan here, and this was so. cool. Solid 4.
To introduce the book with the failure of the Mercedes W13 sidepods was genius. Immediately got me hooked. The way this book was written, from starting with the beginning of Formula 1, to generation by generation of teams that bent the rules, and then culminating with all of this leading to the exponential growth of the sport and the historic 2021 season, it was such a cool timeline and good way to keep someone interested and learning.
All of the people and teams mentioned were iconic: Ecclestone making as much money as he did is insane, while literally having a partner in MAX MOSLEY - OSWALD MOSLEY'S SON... WTF (wouldn't have known about that without the help of Peaky Blinders), mentioning the innovations from teams like Williams, Ferrari, Benetton, Brawn GP, Mercedes, to one of the most dominant cars ever in the RB19 of Red Bull.. SO COOL. All of the facts, details, and people you learn about is awesome. And the name drops went crazy - Adrian Newey, Lewis Hamilton, to GUENTHER BEING A PART OF RED BULL.. WHAT HOW WHY
The only negative was just how much time was spent on Ecclestone and the numbers that went along with him when I feel like it could've been spent on other things such as explaining car part functions to understand the upgrades a little better for those who don't know much about F1 cars.
All in all, such a cool non fiction historical telling of Formula 1 and how the sport has changed, almost died, and then turned into one of the fastest growing sports in the world today.
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To introduce the book with the failure of the Mercedes W13 sidepods was genius. Immediately got me hooked. The way this book was written, from starting with the beginning of Formula 1, to generation by generation of teams that bent the rules, and then culminating with all of this leading to the exponential growth of the sport and the historic 2021 season, it was such a cool timeline and good way to keep someone interested and learning.
All of the people and teams mentioned were iconic: Ecclestone making as much money as he did is insane, while literally having a partner in MAX MOSLEY - OSWALD MOSLEY'S SON... WTF (wouldn't have known about that without the help of Peaky Blinders), mentioning the innovations from teams like Williams, Ferrari, Benetton, Brawn GP, Mercedes, to one of the most dominant cars ever in the RB19 of Red Bull.. SO COOL. All of the facts, details, and people you learn about is awesome. And the name drops went crazy - Adrian Newey, Lewis Hamilton, to GUENTHER BEING A PART OF RED BULL.. WHAT HOW WHY
The only negative was just how much time was spent on Ecclestone and the numbers that went along with him when I feel like it could've been spent on other things such as explaining car part functions to understand the upgrades a little better for those who don't know much about F1 cars.
All in all, such a cool non fiction historical telling of Formula 1 and how the sport has changed, almost died, and then turned into one of the fastest growing sports in the world today.
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Knocked down a bit because of small factual errors - i.e. they say Valteri Bottas is from Estonia; he is from Finland
At the beginning I was enjoying this much more than toward the end as it was discussing the technical aspects of the vehicles and the race which were particularly interesting. As the later portion was devoted to the overblown personalities it became much less interesting, especially to someone who has never and will never watch cars race around a track.
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I was hoping for an inside look at the engineering and athleticism of the sport of F1. This is not that, rather, it is about the history of the organization, the massive amounts of money spent by the old boys club, and the business politics of F1.