Formula One racing
Book - 2023
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley and Sons
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Second edition
- Item Description
- Previous edition: published as Formula One racing for dummies by Jonathan Noble and Mark Hughes. Chichester: Wiley, 2004.
Includes index. - Physical Description
- xiii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781394206384
- Introduction
- About This Book
- What You're Not to Read
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1. Speeding Through the Basics
- Chapter 1. Just the Formula One Facts
- Formula One: A Grand and Global Sport
- Drivers and Other Important People
- Drivers
- Team bosses
- The Top Cats: F1 and the FIA
- Rockets on Wheels: The Cars They Drive
- Key elements in the design
- Prepping the car for maximum performance
- Up and Down and All Around: The Tracks
- The Right Stuff for Business
- Getting the Most Out of Formula One
- Chapter 2. The Most Popular Sport in the World
- What Makes Formula One?
- The premiere racing sport in the world
- Comparing Formula One and other types of racing
- Understanding Formula One's Popularity
- Wheel-to-wheel racing
- Star drivers
- Danger
- Glamour
- Media coverage
- National pride
- Historic Overview
- Famous eras in Formula One history
- Creating the cars, then and now
- Power players in the sport
- Chapter 3. The Big Business of Formula One
- Funding the Sport: The Role of the Sponsor
- The Benefits of Sponsorship
- The headliners: Big benefits for big sponsors
- Buying a smaller slice of the action: Other sponsors
- Fast cars making faster money
- Making Stuff That Fans Love
- Looking the part
- Toys
- Flags
- Home furnishings
- Road cars
- Other stuff
- Watching on the Screen: Why Sponsors Love Television and Video
- Chapter 4. Following the Rulebook
- The Rule Makers: The FIA
- The Concorde Agreement
- Key terms
- Key players: Domenicali and Ben Sulayem
- Understanding the Rulebook
- The sporting regs: Racing rules
- The technical regs: Defining a Formula One car
- The financial regulations: Putting a cap on what teams spend
- Rules and where you can find them
- Getting It Right: Necessary Inspections
- Performing crash tests
- Scrutineering and checking the cars
- Pre-race parc ferme
- Running checks after the race
- Thinking out of the box
- Part 2. Teams, Drivers, and their Cars
- Chapter 5. Understanding a Formula One Car
- The Parts of a Formula One Car
- Rub-a-dub-dub, a man in a tub: The chassis
- No more engines; they are powerunits
- Getting into gear: The transmission
- Wings and ground effect
- Master of suspension
- Braking news
- Tires
- Inside the cockpit
- Built-in safety features
- Other Stuff to Know about the Car
- Electronics: The car's brains
- Reliability versus speed: And the winner is
- Ballast: Putting on a few pounds
- Manufacturers and customer teams: The folks who make the cars
- Chapter 6. The Race Team
- Who's the Boss?
- Different approaches
- The new Netflix stars
- Famous bosses of the past
- Team Structures: A Who's Who of Players
- Technical directors
- Other chiefs
- Sporting director
- Commercial director
- Head of communications
- More People behind the Scenes
- CFD (computational flow dynamics) analysts
- Model makers
- Simulator technicians
- Systems engineers
- Information technologists
- Logistics managers
- Truckies and catering staff
- Let's Not Forget the Drivers
- Chapter 7. Who's in the Driving Seat?
- Profiles of Drivers
- A Week in the Life of a Formula One Driver
- Keeping Busy during Practice
- A typical practice session
- Getting the car just right
- Lending a helping hand: Working with teammates
- Race Day Rituals
- Psyching up for the race: It's a mind game
- 'Round and 'round we go: Racing without rest
- No rest for the weary: After the race
- Fit to Drive: Getting in Shape
- Working it out
- Coming back from injury
- Keeping Cool
- (Almost) too hot to handle
- Getting a little relief from the heat
- Home is Where the Car Park Is
- Part 3. What Happens on (and off) the Track
- Chapter 6. Getting in the Race
- Travelling to the Track in Style
- Getting to Know the Circuit
- Sussing out the details
- What the rookie needs to know
- Sprint Weekends and Normal Grands Prix
- Practice, Practice, and Sometimes More Practice
- What the drivers get out of practice
- What you may notice during practice
- Getting Off to a Flying Start: Qualifying
- Q1, Q2, and Q3 to decide pole
- Getting pole is king
- Saturday sprint day
- No stopping for the weather
- Surrendering grid position
- Ready to Race: Final Grid Positions
- Chapter 9. Race Day Strategies
- Deciding Your Strategy
- Choosing your tires
- Choosing the number of stops
- The undercut and the overcut
- The Start
- Starting the race
- Getting the best start
- Defending positions
- For overtaking on the inside of a corner
- For overtaking outside of a corner
- DRS and the Art of Overtaking
- Don't Get Caught Out
- Safety Cars, Real and Virtual
- The virtual safety car
- The safety car
- No restart
- Chapter 10. Life in the Pits
- Pit Stop Basics
- What are the pits?
- The pit crew
- Safety and danger in the pits
- Why Drivers Make Pit Stops
- The Anatomy of a Pit Stop
- Winning and Losing Races in the Pits
- Timing of stops
- Crew performance
- Equipment malfunction
- Chapter 11. Winning it All
- Winning the Race and What Happens After
- First, make it to the finish
- Getting the checkered flag
- Taking the slowing down lap
- Parc ferme: Doing post-race checks
- Weighing in - and the first words
- Joy on the podium
- Press conferences
- Getting back to the team
- Winning the Championship
- Understanding the points system
- Glory for teams: The Constructor's World Championship
- Not all bad news for the losers
- Getting the trophy
- Other Awards
- Chapter 12. Safety in Formula One
- Style Isn't Everything: Formula One Clothing
- Helmets: Hard hats of the racing world
- Race wear: Functional, fabulous, and pretty good-looking
- Safety Features of Formula One Cars
- Safe in the cockpit
- Strapped in and ready to go: Seat belts
- The HANS Device
- The halo
- The chassis: What it's made of and how it's built
- Track Personnel and Procedures
- Marshals: Keeping everyone on the straight and narrow
- Following the leader: The safety car
- Slowing cars down: The virtual safety car
- On-site medical facilities
- Part 4. Understanding Formula one Tracks
- Chapter 13. Track Basics and Racing Circuits
- Sorting Out the Types of Tracks
- Street tracks
- High-speed low-downforce tracks
- High-downforce tracks
- Medium-speed tracks
- Choosing a Track
- Providing a quality track
- Convincing F1 bosses
- Other stuff
- Chapter 14. Track and Driver
- Going Around the Bend … Fast!
- In the Sim … Getting to Know the Tracks
- Counting on experience
- Learning the way around the track
- Playing with the set-up
- The evolving track
- The Ever-Changing Nature of Tracks
- Increasing safety
- Making overtaking easier
- Chapter 15. A Look at Formula One's Tracks
- Sakhir, Bahrain Grand Prix
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
- Melbourne, Australian Grand Prix
- Baku, Azerbaijan Grand Prix
- Miami International Autodrome, Miami Grand Prix
- Imola, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
- Monte Carlo, Monaco Grand Prix
- Barcelona, Spanish Grand Prix
- Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian Grand Prix
- Red Bull Ring, Austrian Grand Prix
- Silverstone, British Grand Prix
- Hungaroring, Hungarian Grand Prix
- Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian Grand Prix
- Zandvoort, Dutch Grand Prix
- Monza, Italian Grand Prix
- Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore Grand Prix
- Suzuka, Japanese Grand Prix
- Losail, Qatar Grand Prix
- Circuit of the Americas, United States Grand Prix
- Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexican Grand Prix
- Interlagos, Brazilian Grand Prix
- Las Vegas, Las Vegas Grand Prix
- Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Part 5. You and Formula One: A Day at the Races
- Chapter 16. Going to a Race
- Buying Tickets
- When to buy them and who to get them from
- Where: Grandstand or standing?
- Paddock Club luxury
- Finding Hotel Accommodation
- Tricks for Race Day
- Getting there early
- Watching it on the big screen
- Getting close to the action
- So you've got a paddock pass!
- Getting an autograph or selfie
- Formula One Globetrotters - Travel Tips
- Races in the Americas
- Races in Europe
- Races in the Middle East
- Races in Australia and Asia
- A final list of do's and don'ts
- Chapter 17. Following Formula One from Home
- Turning on Your Screen
- Camera angles galore
- Listening to the experts
- Finding Formula One coverage
- Listening to the Radio and Podcasts
- Following on the Internet
- Up Close with Social Media
- Keeping in Touch with Your Driver or Team
- Getting autographs long distance
- Joining a fan club
- Part 6. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 18. The Ten Greatest Formula One Drivers
- Juan Manuel Fangio
- Stirling Moss
- Jim Clark
- Jackie Stewart
- Niki Lauda
- Alain Prost
- Ayrton Senna
- Michael Schumacher
- Fernando Alonso
- Lewis Hamilton
- Chapter 19. The Ten Best Formula One Races
- 1957 German Grand Prix
- 1970 Monaco Grand Prix
- 1979 French Grand Prix
- 1981 Spanish Grand Prix
- 1984 Monaco Grand Prix
- 1987 British Grand Prix
- 1993 European Grand Prix
- 2005 Japanese Grand Prix
- 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
- 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
- Chapter 20. Ten Things to Do During the Season
- Watching a Formula One Start - Anywhere!
- Listening to a Formula One Car at Full Revs
- Mixing It with the Stars in Monaco
- Joining In with the Fans
- Watching a Formula One Car at High Speed
- Seeing a Formula One Car on a Street Circuit
- Joining the Parties at F1's City Races
- Getting an Autograph or Selfie from Your Favorite Star
- Soaking Up the Sport's History at Monza
- Paying Homage to the Greats from the Past
- Chapter 21. Ten Famous Names from the Past
- Tazio Nuvolari
- Enzo Ferrari
- Bruce McLaren
- Graham Hill
- Phil Hill
- Max Mosley
- Frank Williams
- Bernie Ecclestone
- Ron Dennis
- Jean Todt
- Chapter 22. Ten Future Stars of Formula One
- Oscar Piastri
- Cotton Herta
- Dennis Hauger
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli
- Theo Pourchaire
- Victor Martins
- Liam Lawson
- Jack Doohan
- Arthur Leclerc
- Logan Sargeant
- Part 7. Appendix
- Appendix A. Formula One Jargon
- Index