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The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport by Johnathan Clegg, Joshua Robinson

4.25

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had so much more fun with this than i expected. managed to struck a perfect balance between entertaining and informational. my concern going in was that i would end up caring more about some chapters, while struggling to get through some others - and while, yes, some chapters wade more into the technical & business side of things, it didn’t put me through a slog. in fact, i think it made me consider stuff that i hadn’t questioned about the sport before. i appreciate that it never really loses sight of its own central theme: f1’s ability to reinvent itself time and time again, accommodating for new audiences and new circumstances, for better or for worse. 
idk how interesting this could be for long-time fans, but i started properly watching races only last year, so it filled in some gaps in knowledge. overall, very digestible, especially for a book that spans the history of a very eventful 70 year sport.