4.6
Biografier
'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.
© 2017 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780008196820
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 30 november 2017
4.6
Biografier
'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.
© 2017 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780008196820
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 30 november 2017
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Daniel
5 feb. 2022
Intressant även för någon som inte följer motorsport.
Carl
19 jan. 2023
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Ingemar
30 mars 2021
Intressant för alla som sätter mål. Speciellt intressant för den som gillar F1-racing.
Joel
12 okt. 2020
Really interesting with insights and fun tidbits about racing and engineering. A great read if you have any interest in those subject, or just like a good sports biography. Good book even if you like me are not Redbull fan.
Prashanth
10 jan. 2022
It's full of great information from the inside, but the narrator says 'span' instead of 'spun', which is very irritating. On more than one occasion, he also badly mispronounces 'Suzuka', which is also annoying. These irritants aside, a great book.
Anton
11 juli 2022
Bra inläsning. Fascinerande redogörelse för den tekniska utvecklingen inom formellt, ganska tekniskt emellanåt, ibland hade man velat se bilder på detaljerna som förklaras för att bättre förstå.
Billy
23 mars 2018
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Jonathan
5 mars 2020
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14 apr. 2022
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