How to Win a Grand Prix - From Pit Lane to Podium - the Inside Track

Race-winning team strategist shows how F1 really works. Welcome to Bernadette ''Bernie'' Collins'' world. Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate desire to win. On race day it''s the Team Strategist who calls the shots, working under immense pressure to make split-second and crucial decisions... Through her eyes and experience as a Chief Race Engineer and F1 Team Strategist, Bernie Collins takes the reader behind the scenes of a Formula 1 team - both in the factory and at the races - to uncover what it takes to put two Formula 1 cars on the grid and go racing. HOW TO WIN A GRAND PRIX gives incredible insight of the entire process from design and construction, through pre-season testing, and how a team prepares for each of the 23 Grands Prix. For race weekend itself, Bernie recreates it hour-by-hour to plunge the reader behind the pit wall and see what it''s actually like to get from grid to podium.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bernie Collins, Collins Bernie
• Editore: Quercus Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.05.2024
• EAN: 9781529437607
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-3760-7
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 232 mm x 26 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport > Automobilismo, motociclismo e ciclismo sportivo, aviazione sportiva; TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive, Motor cars: general interest, Motor sports