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A review by stormlightreader
F1 Racing Confidential by Giles Richards
3.5
I had to use CAWPILE for this because I couldn't decide on an objective rating. CAWPILE came out at 4, but I feel it's more of a 3, so I'm going with a 3.5.
This book will be great for somebody who is brand new to Formula 1 and doesn't know the ins and outs of the sport.
We're given sections on figures at different levels of F1, from Oscar Piastri's race engineer, Tom Stallard (I loved this), to Carlos Sainz's performance coach. While I do like this approach when I'm reading a book about one team, I don't think it worked very well for this broader book, as we were getting quick segues from one team to another. There may have been clear headings informing the reader of this switch, however, due to the formatting issues with this book, I won't have seen them.
This book will be great for somebody who is brand new to Formula 1 and doesn't know the ins and outs of the sport.
We're given sections on figures at different levels of F1, from Oscar Piastri's race engineer, Tom Stallard (I loved this), to Carlos Sainz's performance coach. While I do like this approach when I'm reading a book about one team, I don't think it worked very well for this broader book, as we were getting quick segues from one team to another. There may have been clear headings informing the reader of this switch, however, due to the formatting issues with this book, I won't have seen them.
"race engineers, after drivers and team principals, are now some of the most recognisable figures in F1"
I don't think this book provided much in the way of new information for long time F1 followers. Much of the information about the drivers has been given by them in interviews on Sky Sports etc.
The formatting of the NetGalley eARC is not good and letters (particularly f's and t's) were frequently missing. There were no headings, which this book should have (I checked the Kindle sample).
Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for a review.