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F1 drivers are the best of the best.
Of all the millions of people who drive, of all the hundreds of thousands who have racing licences, of the housands who race and win in a myriad of competitions, these have made it to the top of motor racing. Just 20, each season. And of these, four of five will win a race. Just one or two will win champion, one only each year. And the very special ones, they might win a handful of titles in a ten-year career.
What makes them so special? Is it reflexes, sense of speed, lack of fear, ruthlessness? Therir job is to drive a car prepared by 60 or so highly-trained engineers and mechanics at the circuit backed by hundreds more back at the factory. These young men are shouldering the hopes and financial well-being of not just their team-mates, but of their families too.
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t's a cruel, demanding, fast world. Instinctively self-centred and loners, these top-class racing drivers must interact with dozens of people daily: engineers, sponsors, media, fans, team owners, officials and 19 rivals. Attention is stifling, privacy non-existent, danger an ever-present companion.
Racing Driver uncovers their world, how they train, eat, relate to others around them. It delves into their emotions, how they cope with the pressures of racing, of being public property, how they handle fear and the challenges of racing high-tech cars at body-damaging speeds.
Author: Norman Howell
Foreward by Bernie Ecclestone
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Highdown
Language: English: ISBN 978-1-905156-22-1
Product Dimensions: Length: 224mm, width: 145mm, depth 25mm
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