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Surviving To Drive - A Year Inside Formula 1 (Paperback): Guenther Steiner Surviving To Drive - A Year Inside Formula 1 (Paperback)
Guenther Steiner
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A high-octane, no-holds-barred account of a year inside Formula 1 from Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Drive to Survive, one of the most successful Netflix series of all time.

“People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes...”

In Surviving to Drive, Haas team principal Guenther Steiner brings readers inside his Formula 1 team for the entirety of the 2022 season, giving an unobstructed view of what really takes place behind the scenes. Through this unique lens, Steiner guides readers on the thrilling rollercoaster of life at the heart of high-stakes motor racing. Packed full of twists and turns, from pre-season preparations to hiring and firing drivers, from the design, launch, and testing of a car to the race calendar itself–Surviving to Drive is the first time that an Formula 1 team has allowed an acting team principal to tell the full story of a whole season.

Uncompromising and searingly honest, told in Steiner's inimitable style, Surviving to Drive is a fascinating and hugely entertaining account of the realities of running a Formula 1 team.

Formula One 2024 - Teams, Drivers, Tracks, Records (Paperback, 28th edition): Bruce Jones Formula One 2024 - Teams, Drivers, Tracks, Records (Paperback, 28th edition)
Bruce Jones
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The world's bestselling Grand Prix handbook is back for the new season.

This is the definitive guide to Formula 1 in 2024. A complete examination of all the teams racing this season (from Red Bull and Mercedes to Ferrari and McLaren), every driver (including Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc) and all the tracks featured in the packed Grand Prix calendar.

Also including a full review of the 2023 season and a breakdown of the new rules and regulations for 2024, this indispensable guidebook features a full breakdown of last season's drivers' and constructors' world championship results - as well as a fill-in chart for 2024, so each book becomes your own personalised guide to the year's action.

Written by bestselling F1 author Bruce Jones and containing dozens of breathtaking photographs and detailed circuit illustrations plus a statistics section highlighting the major records in F1 history, this is the only guide you'll need for the racing action ahead.

From Para To Dakar - Overcoming Paralysis And Conquering The Dakar Rally, A Journey Of Courage And Determination (Paperback):... From Para To Dakar - Overcoming Paralysis And Conquering The Dakar Rally, A Journey Of Courage And Determination (Paperback)
Joey Evans 2
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Joey Evans has always loved bikes, from his first second-hand Raleigh Strika at the age of six to the powerful off-road machines that became his passion later on in his life. His dream was one day to ride the most gruelling off-road race in the world, the 9000km Dakar Rally. In 2007 his dream was shattered when he broke his back in a racing accident. His spinal cord was crushed, leaving him paralysed from just below his chest. Doctors gave him a 10 per cent chance of ever walking again. Many would have given up and become resigned to life in a wheelchair, but not Joey Evans.

Not only would he get back on his feet and walk, but he would also keep his Dakar dream alive. It was a long and painful road to recovery, involving years of intensive rehabilitation and training, but he had the love and support of both family and friends and an incredible amount of determination. Joey shares the many challenges he and his family faced, relating the setbacks, as well as successes, along the way to the Dakar start line. But the start line was only the first goal – his sights were set on reaching the finish line, which he did in 2017 – the only South African to do so.

From Para To Dakar is so much more than the story of one man reaching the Dakar finish line. It is a story of friendship and respect, compassion and kindness. It is about defying the odds to reach a dream, it is about grit, endurance and raw courage, and it is inspiring in its true heroism.

A History of East Tennessee Auto Racing - The Thrill of the Mountains (Paperback): David McGee A History of East Tennessee Auto Racing - The Thrill of the Mountains (Paperback)
David McGee
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East Tennessee isn't typically mentioned among stock car racing's formative hotbeds. But the region from Bristol to Oneida and Chattanooga encapsulates a significant portion of the sport's history. From pioneers like Brownie King and Paul Lewis of Johnson City to former national champions Joe Lee Johnson of Chattanooga and L.D. Ottinger of Newport, East Tennessee has produced many of NASCAR's great drivers. The region is home to one of the world's largest sports stadiums in the Bristol Motor Speedway, but NASCAR also made regular visits to other area tracks. Whether the surface is red clay, asphalt or brushed concrete, East Tennessee still boasts some of the world's fastest, most competitive racing. Join author and racing insider David McGee as he presents a vast array of colorful characters whose passion fueled a sport that has gone from primitive to prime time.

Charlotte Motor Speedway History - From Granite to Gold (Paperback): Deb Williams Charlotte Motor Speedway History - From Granite to Gold (Paperback)
Deb Williams; Foreword by Darrell Waltrip
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Engines roared at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time in 1960, and the track has been home to some of NASCAR s greatest races and most honored drivers ever since. Despite early challenges, Bruton Smith and Humpy Wheeler took charge in 1975, and together sculpted one of the most famous race tracks in America as host of the Coca-Cola 600 and the Sprint All-Star Race. In 1992, the track became the first modern speedway to host night racing and thousands of race fans watched their favorite drivers swap paint under the North Carolina night sky. Get in the groove with racing journalist Deb Williams as she traces the history of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, with plenty of pit-stops along the way.

JIMMIE G. - The extraordinary life and tragic death of a Scottish motorcycle racing champion (Hardcover): Paul W Guthrie JIMMIE G. - The extraordinary life and tragic death of a Scottish motorcycle racing champion (Hardcover)
Paul W Guthrie
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Growing Wings - The inside story of Red Bull Racing (Paperback): Ben Hunt Growing Wings - The inside story of Red Bull Racing (Paperback)
Ben Hunt
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Intrigue, high-stakes machinations and adrenaline-fuelled track action – Growing Wings is the never-before-told inside story of how the grid’s most fascinating, swagger-rich and win-at-all-costs team competed their way to total domination and disrupted Formula One’s world order.

With exclusive access to Red Bull's inner sanctum, but maintaining journalistic independence, leading F1 writer Ben Hunt probes the operations of a world-beating Formula One team over its eventful twenty-year history, from the rivalries, turbulence and controversy, to the game-changing tech and the leadership strategies. He also talks to the drivers themselves, including Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, for a fascinating insight into the mindset of motorsport athletes through success, risk and challenge.

Endorsed with a foreword by Team Principal Christian Horner, but maintaining journalistic independence, this thrilling, frank and unvarnished account of how the paddock’s loudest upstarts achieved team alchemy with the promotion of a driver called Max Verstappen, shows you what it looks like to go, learn, go again, tweak, test and ultimately outplay the competition in a way never before seen in Formula One.

How to Build a Car - The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer (Hardcover): Adrian Newey How to Build a Car - The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer (Hardcover)
Adrian Newey 1
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'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unrivalled 35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he's been involved. A true engineering genius, even in adolescence Adrian's thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form - he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a welding course in his school summer holidays. From his early career in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in Formula One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, always with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna's death during his time at Williams in 1994. Beautifully illustrated with never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates, through Adrian's remarkable life story, precisely what makes Formula One so thrilling - its potential for the total synchronicity of man and machine, the perfect combination of style, efficiency and speed.

Motor Racing Colouring Book (Paperback): Stanhope Books Motor Racing Colouring Book (Paperback)
Stanhope Books
R138 Discovery Miles 1 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Formula One Track Journal: Past and Present (Paperback): Stanhope Books Formula One Track Journal: Past and Present (Paperback)
Stanhope Books
R171 Discovery Miles 1 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Unstoppable - The Ultimate Biography Of Max Verstappen (Paperback): Mark Hughes Unstoppable - The Ultimate Biography Of Max Verstappen (Paperback)
Mark Hughes
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A definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's hottest new superstar, Lewis Hamilton's great rival, the winner of the 2021 World Drivers' Championship, and the recently crowned 2022 champion.

No Hollywood scriptwriter could possibly have envisioned the breathless, adrenaline-pumping climax to the 2021 Formula 1 season. On the very last lap of the final race of an unbelievably arduous and controversial season, Red Bull's Max Verstappen nervelessly overtook the seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes to clinch the first place that thrust the young prodigy to the narrowest of victories and to his first World Drivers' title. It surely won't be his last.

Verstappen may only be 25 years of age, but the Dutch motorsport sensation has an incredible record in F1: 161 race starts, 76 podium finishes and 34 Grand Prix victories barely tell the story - this young man has already left an indelible mark on the sport. The son of F1 driver Jos, Verstappen junior quickly stepped out of his father's shadow: his youthful charisma, ferocious speed, fearless driving style and refusal to back down mark him out as a true champion. And the phenomenal success of Netflix's Drive to Survive documentary series has elevated his worldwide popularity still further.

Widely respected motorsport writer and F1 insider Mark Hughes is perfectly placed to write the most authoritative narrative on Verstappen's incredible rise through the ranks to F1 glory. Hughes' immaculate credentials and first-rate access enable him to generate fresh and fascinating insights, and to paint a fully-rounded and richly-textured portrait of one of the most exciting young sportsmen on the planet.

David Gillanders - I do all the talking! (Paperback): Jack Davidson David Gillanders - I do all the talking! (Paperback)
Jack Davidson
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This book is about my lifetime of adventure and inside I explain how I overcame a hand disability from birth to become a British and Scottish Rally Champion, but my story is not just about motor sport: I have also worked for a top Hollywood film producer and shared breakfast with one of the world's top female film stars. I have also interacted with two US presidents, and met many other wonderful people. My book also delves into the realms of working with top world rally constructor as well as major motor manufacturer. The many and varied characters I have met during my lifetime has also made my life so much more colourful, and you can meet many of these characters within the pages of this book. Yes, I have met all of life's challenges to date.

Top Gear: Behind the Wheel (Hardcover): Sam Philip Top Gear: Behind the Wheel (Hardcover)
Sam Philip
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One Hit Wonders: The Story of One Off Grand Prix Winners (2016) (Paperback): Lloyd Bonson One Hit Wonders: The Story of One Off Grand Prix Winners (2016) (Paperback)
Lloyd Bonson
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The Seanachie of Motorcycling (Paperback): Harry Lindsay The Seanachie of Motorcycling (Paperback)
Harry Lindsay
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This book, The Seanachie of Motorcycling, is a collection of tales from a master story teller, Harry Lindsay of Dublin. Described in his youth by his headmaster as the boy with oil in his veins", Harry grew up with motorcycles, becoming a trials and road racer, a grass track champion, holder of the Irish land speed record, racing team leader, an importer and retailer of motorcycles, a restorer of antique bikes and an historian along the way. Many of his stories bring to life the characters and heroes that were the racing world from the thirties through the turn of the last century. They offer a rare glimpse of life behind the scenes and more than one tale is told with a twinkle in his eye. This, then, is an Irishman's view of the world as it was. Pour a pint of Guinness, put your feet up and be prepared to enjoy the Seanachie's tales and learn and laugh with him. Seanachie (pronounced sha-nah-key): Irish for master story teller in the great tradition of orally passing folklore and history on down through the generations.

The Seanachie of Motorcycling (Hardcover): Harry Lindsay The Seanachie of Motorcycling (Hardcover)
Harry Lindsay
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This book, The Seanachie of Motorcycling, is a collection of tales from a master story teller, Harry Lindsay of Dublin. Described in his youth by his headmaster as the boy with oil in his veins", Harry grew up with motorcycles, becoming a trials and road racer, a grass track champion, holder of the Irish land speed record, racing team leader, an importer and retailer of motorcycles, a restorer of antique bikes and an historian along the way. Many of his stories bring to life the characters and heroes that were the racing world from the thirties through the turn of the last century. They offer a rare glimpse of life behind the scenes and more than one tale is told with a twinkle in his eye. This, then, is an Irishman's view of the world as it was. Pour a pint of Guinness, put your feet up and be prepared to enjoy the Seanachie's tales and learn and laugh with him. Seanachie (pronounced sha-nah-key): Irish for master story teller in the great tradition of orally passing folklore and history on down through the generations.

The Seanachie of Motorcycling (Paperback): Harry Lindsay The Seanachie of Motorcycling (Paperback)
Harry Lindsay
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This book, The Seanachie of Motorcycling, is a collection of tales from a master story teller, Harry Lindsay of Dublin. Described in his youth by his headmaster as the boy with oil in his veins", Harry grew up with motorcycles, becoming a trials and road racer, a grass track champion, holder of the Irish land speed record, racing team leader, an importer and retailer of motorcycles, a restorer of antique bikes and an historian along the way. Many of his stories bring to life the characters and heroes that were the racing world from the thirties through the turn of the last century. They offer a rare glimpse of life behind the scenes and more than one tale is told with a twinkle in his eye. This, then, is an Irishman's view of the world as it was. Pour a pint of Guinness, put your feet up and be prepared to enjoy the Seanachie's tales and learn and laugh with him. Seanachie pronounced sha-nah-key: Irish for master story teller in the great tradition of orally passing folklore and history on down through the generations.

Crystal Palace Speedway - A History of the Glaziers (Paperback): Norman Jacobs Crystal Palace Speedway - A History of the Glaziers (Paperback)
Norman Jacobs
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On 19 May 1928, just three months after the sport had been launched in this country at the pioneering High Beech meeting, Fred Mockford and Cecil Smith introduced speedway racing to Crystal Palace with the first international match between England and Australia, the forerunner of the Test matches. It was an immediate success with the public who flocked in their tens of thousands to witness these latter day black-clad gladiators hurtling their way round the track on bikes with no brakes at breakneck speed and flinging their bikes into a slide at the corners at impossible angles. This book looks at how speedway came to open at Crystal Palace and follows its history through the next six years as a league team operating in the world's first speedway league until its closure in 1933 and its brief revival in the late 1930s. Although one of the pioneering tracks little was known about its history until now as Norman Jacobs provides a comprehensive history covering the major events at the track, facts and figures, behind the scenes anecdotes and its larger than life characters including Johnnie Hoskins, Ron Johnson and Tom Farndon, who became the Star Riders' champion in 1933.

The The Life of a Racer Volume 2 (Hardcover): Michael Rutter, John McAvoy The The Life of a Racer Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Michael Rutter, John McAvoy; Foreword by Carl Fogarty
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In this follow-up to his autobiography, Michael Rutter changes his focus and now reflects on his father's life - the victories, defeats, scrapes with the law and practical jokes. He also looks at his father's close brushes with death, including the horrific career-ending crash of 1985, and its aftermath. The Life of a Racer, Volume 2: Flesh & Blood is a reflective and sentimental journey during which Michael tries to learn about his father's life and career in motorcycle racing, while at the same time asking himself if his own destiny was always to race too because of his DNA. Tony Rutter (1942-2020) is best known for his four world TT-F2 championship wins, eight Isle of Man TT wins, nine North West 200 wins, five Ulster Grand Prix wins and two British Championship titles during his twenty-two-year career - but the man himself has remained something of an enigma to everyone including his own son, who himself went on to have a hugely successful career and has kept the Rutter name alive in the world of motorcycle racing to the present day. Through his own memories, as well as those of longstanding teammates and friends, Michael pieces together his father's values, what mattered to him the most, and his odd - sometimes maddening - traits. What unfolds is a profile of the man behind the incredible talent and singular focus of an elite racer. With a foreword by Carl Fogarty, this is the first-ever book about one of the finest racers in a great generation of racers, by those who knew him best and loved him most.

Northern California Drag Racing (Hardcover): Steve Reyes Northern California Drag Racing (Hardcover)
Steve Reyes
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Inner Speed Secrets - Mental Strategies to Maximize Your Racing Performance (Paperback): Ross Bentley, Ronn Langford Inner Speed Secrets - Mental Strategies to Maximize Your Racing Performance (Paperback)
Ross Bentley, Ronn Langford
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Maximize your driving ability with tips from the experts! Based on performance seminars conducted by the authors for race car drivers, this informative guide helps you consistently perform at your highest level. Chapters discuss: The Driver - The Ultimate Management System; Inner Race Driving; Skills and Techniques; and Strategies.

Full Throttle (Hardcover): Henry Birkin Full Throttle (Hardcover)
Henry Birkin
R800 Discovery Miles 8 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Science of the Racer's Brain (Hardcover): Otto Lappi, Alan Dove The Science of the Racer's Brain (Hardcover)
Otto Lappi, Alan Dove
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
I'm Building a Car (Hardcover): Andrew Davies I'm Building a Car (Hardcover)
Andrew Davies
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Indianapolis Motor Speedway- the Eddie Rickenbacker Era (Hardcover): Denny Miller Indianapolis Motor Speedway- the Eddie Rickenbacker Era (Hardcover)
Denny Miller
R1,094 Discovery Miles 10 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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