How to Build a Car
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Richard Trinder
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Adrian Newey
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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 36-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, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, 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.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2017 Adrian Newey (P)2017 HarperCollins PublishersCritic reviews
‘Quite superb…This book pulls off the remarkable feat of being a first-class autobiography and textbook all in one. For those studying the evolution of the F1 car between the late ‘80s and now, it decodes all the mysteries previously hidden by competitive secrecy while revealing the man behind most of the greatest cars of that time period.’ Motorsport Online
‘In this gripping memoir, Newey reveals the highs and lows of his race to the top.’ Mail on Sunday Books of the Year
‘The greatest Formula One designer of his – or any other – age.’ Sunday Times
‘Newey has a legitimate claim on the title of "Britain’s greatest living engineer".’ Daily Telegraph
‘Adrian Newey has created more winners than all the super-brain computers in Formula One put together.’ The Times
‘Creative genius… the leading Formula One designer of his generation… refreshingly honest.’ Guardian
‘The most accomplished man in the world’s most glamorous sport… The Michelangelo of motorsport.’ New Yorker
‘If you love finding out how things work, if you’re a car nut, if you’re intrigued by the sport’s politics and even if your interest in Formula 1 is but a passing one, you absolutely must read this book.’ Octane Magazine
‘How to Build a Car encapsulates through Adrian’s remarkable life story, precisely what makes Formula 1 so thrilling.’ Car Mechanic
‘How to Build a Car gives a tremendous insight…fantastically entertaining.’ Daily Express
‘Honest…hilarious…inspirational.’ Motorsport Magazine
‘Illuminating reading.’ F1 Racing Magazine
‘How to Build a Car is an emphatic hit. It’s one of the most enjoyable F1 books I’ve read in quite some time.’ WTF1
‘How to Build a Car is an essential read for all fans of motor racing.’ F1 Fanatic
‘Adrian Newey is one of Formula 1’s finest technical brains… The prose is sharp, punchy… you learn almost without realising.’ Autosport
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- PaulC
- 22-05-19
An Interesting story
Adrian's book is an interesting insight to what goes on behind the scenes in the world of Formula 1. A good read for anybody interested in the sport.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-21
wow couldn't stop listening
this is must read book if you like cars f1,takes you into the hard world of f1
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- Gary
- 05-09-20
A fascinating account of modern F1
You have to be very much into F1 over the past 20 years to enjoy this.
Some very insightful insights into the working of F1 given by a very talented & determined car designer
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- DirtyHabit
- 03-05-21
Delightfully technical and funny.
Well read and very well written. Combines both stories and technical understanding of the dilemmas encountered.
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- Chris
- 14-12-17
a great read!
Definitely worth a read. He does try to explain some of the technical stuff to us noobs, but I wish he'd tried a lot harder as a lot of it is tricky to get without pictures
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- R-j Edwards
- 02-02-22
great book, awful pronunciations.
A wonderful insight but sadly the delivery of the text by the reader here is often lacking proper research into your correct pronunciation of certain names.
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- Mr Alexander R Gill
- 17-02-22
Great listen
A very well written and I thought performed reading. Yes some of the names and places were mispronounced but I cannot see how that took much, if anything away, from the story itself. Is witty, informative and easy to listen to.
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- Adrian Falconer
- 17-07-18
Good listen if your into F1
The narrator obviously had very little knowledge of Formula 1, mispronouncing several of the Circuits. Also there was not emotion placed on the Narration.
The story was interesting if your a fan of Formula 1 and your old enough to remember the races in the 80s, 90s & 00s.
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- Jon Wilson
- 10-03-18
Be nice if the narrator was told how to pronounce the names
I lost count of the number of names of people and circuits that the narrator got wrong (or at least different to the F1 coverage I’ve watched avidly for years). It’s a distraction that’s not his fault: I imagine that should have been done by the producer.
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- Abhinav Gurung
- 01-07-20
Loved hearing Adrian's story
Found his time in Red Bull the most interesting and also getting inside story of few things happening within the team that outside media doesn't get access to.
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