Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Team (Formula One Racing Teams) [Hardcover]

David Tremayne (Author)

Book Description

Series: Formula One Racing Teams | Publication Date: August 5, 2001

When Michael Schumacher crossed the finish line to win the 2000 Japanese Grand Prix, delivering Ferrari its first Formula 1 Driver's World Championship since 1979, motor racing fans around the globe rejoiced. This colorful insider's look at the most famous F1 team in the world includes profiles of Schumacher, teammate Rubens Barrichello and Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn; privileged views of car design and testing and the 2000 championship season; a look at typical raceday preparations and strategies; the team's dealings for financial and promotional support; and an examination of how the team honed its competitive edge during battles for the title in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

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About the Author

David Tremayne, former editor of Motoring News, is a highly regarded freelance motorsport writer. He is the grand prix correspondent for the Independent on Sunday, and author of several best-selling books including Formula 1 technical books The Science of Speed and The Science of Safety.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing; 2 edition (August 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859608302
• ISBN-13: 978-1859608302
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,580,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Quick run through of Ferrari F1 up to 1998, July 16, 2000

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paul_cheng "K.F." (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ferrari - Formula 1 Racing Team (Formula One Racing Teams) (Paperback)

At Amazon.com, the publish date of this book is March 1999 but it is actually November 1998.

This is only a small book and do not expect much detail in the history of Ferrari F1. If you are a busy man and just want a quick run through, this will help.

Ferrari F1 fans, skip this one. I don't think you will get any excitement from reading this book. If you look for content, this one is lacking. If you look for colorful pictures, there are only some average ones.

3.0 out of 5 stars A good Ferrari book, but nothing sensational, September 18, 2010

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Richard Bailey "Richard's F1" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ferrari Formula 1 Racing Team (Formula One Racing Teams) (Hardcover)

Part of a five-book set profiling top teams in Formula 1 in the late 1990s - which include titles on McLaren, Williams, Benetton, Jordan and Stewart - David Tremayne's Ferrari: Formula 1 Racing Team follows the formulae of its sister titles, although this particular version was republished in the wake of the team winning the coveted Drivers' Championship title in 2000, for the first time since 1979.

The book almost exclusively covers the team's rise under the guidance of Jean Todt, who was brought into an utterly dysfunctional Maranell squad in mid-1993.

The radical twin-floor F92A of 1992 had proved an embarrassment, and the separation of the team's design office (located in the UK, at the behest of John Barnard, the team's Technical Director at the time) from its factory was proving unsuitable.

At a high level, it analyses the operational and cultural change that slowly took place over the subsequent years, that saw the team successfully bring life back into the Prancing Horse when it was perhaps more of a lame donkey back then.

Crucial decisions - such as the hiring of Michael Schumacher, the forging of a complete technical team, a top-down restructure of the company - are examined, and the outcome was, finally, the all-important first Drivers' Championship since the Jody Scheckter-led campaign in 1979.

Tremayne is one of F1's celebrated journalists and writers, and his writing style here is easy to digest, and he paints a useful image for the reader.

The pictures used in the book are largely taken from the Sutton Images library, but I'd has at a guess as perhaps not the finest from the archives. Furthermore, the publishers insist in using this column-based format on the pages which does nothing to make it any easier to read, and gives it a rather high school textbook feel.

Die-hard Ferrari fans won't find anything particularly earth-shattering here, but it's an easy enough read and would be perfect for someone who knows little of the team's rise from the ashes.