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The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 Into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
by Jonathan Clegg, Joshua Robinson
this was a really well written, unique history of formula one that looked less at the drivers themselves and more at the structure of the sport and the sport as a whole. i enjoyed that - it gave a great insight into the whole world of it, cutthroat and brutal as it is, and detailed how the sport has changed across the decades. some non fiction is boring and hard to get through, but this was very easy to read and entertaining as well, something that sets it apart from most other f1 books.
there were a few things i didn't like about this book, though. one was the start, which lowkey sucked. it seemed just like drive to survive and didn't give me much hope for the rest of the book. i think the first chapter is almost out of place with the rest of the book - it doesn't mesh well or hook you in. i also think this book missed out a few topics - jules bianchi's fatal crash was glossed over in one sentence, bianchi not even mentioned by name, and the presence of the halo touched on just as briefly. i would say that that was something that deserved at least a paragraph, like come on.
I quite liked, though, how the focus wasn't really on the driving or the results - it was on the drivers and the teams themselves. however, the final chapters about Liberty Media and the changing face of the sport almost felt self-reporting - there were so many parallels to draw between the rise in social media and promotion of the sport/drivers and the way the book itself was written. i think those last chapters opened my eyes a bit to how formula 1 actually is now - although i wouldn't have become a fan without liberty media, i don't really like how the sport is. me & max verstappen have that alike - it's a sport, not a show. that's the main failing of libert media's strategy, and while this book definitely discusses that topic, it is contributing to it in the same way.
there were a few things i didn't like about this book, though. one was the start, which lowkey sucked. it seemed just like drive to survive and didn't give me much hope for the rest of the book. i think the first chapter is almost out of place with the rest of the book - it doesn't mesh well or hook you in. i also think this book missed out a few topics - jules bianchi's fatal crash was glossed over in one sentence, bianchi not even mentioned by name, and the presence of the halo touched on just as briefly. i would say that that was something that deserved at least a paragraph, like come on.
I quite liked, though, how the focus wasn't really on the driving or the results - it was on the drivers and the teams themselves. however, the final chapters about Liberty Media and the changing face of the sport almost felt self-reporting - there were so many parallels to draw between the rise in social media and promotion of the sport/drivers and the way the book itself was written. i think those last chapters opened my eyes a bit to how formula 1 actually is now - although i wouldn't have become a fan without liberty media, i don't really like how the sport is. me & max verstappen have that alike - it's a sport, not a show. that's the main failing of libert media's strategy, and while this book definitely discusses that topic, it is contributing to it in the same way.