Author Irl

Lifts the lid on how an F1 team really works.Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate desire to win. On race day it's the Team Strategist who calls the shots, working under immense pressure to make split\-second and crucial decisions. Welcome to Bernie Collins' world. Through her eyes and experience as a Chief Race Engineer and F1 Team Strategist, Bernie Collins takes the reader behind the scenes of a Formula 1 team \- both in the factory and at the races \- to uncover what it takes to put two Formula 1 cars on the grid and go racing.HOW TO WIN A GRAND PRIX gives incredible insight of the entire process from design and construction, through pre\-season testing, and how a team prepares for each of the 23 Grands Prix. For race weekend itself, Bernie recreates it hour\-by\-hour to plunge the reader behind the pit wall and see what it's actually like to get from grid to podium.