How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer

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Adrian Newey has created more winners than all the super-brain computers in Formula One put together. Motorsport Online `In this gripping memoir, Newey reveals the highs and lows of his race to the top.

Modern fans might be disappointed not read about Adrian’s views on the RB10 or on Daniel Ricciardo or Max Verstappen. Whilst many of the stories that are told are ones of unrivalled success, whether it be at his early years at Williams or his ongoing time at Red Bull, the stories where things aren’t going to plan stand out as the most gripping, with the 1994 season being the hardest-hitting of them all.All this and much more on his early life and career in American racing are told in prose which is precise and uncluttered as his designs. It explores Adrian Newey’s career through the spectrum of the cars that he designed, the races in which he has been involved and the drivers he has worked alongside.

I photographed him in the museum at Pegasus Bridge in the early 2000s; and he had quite obviously found a cure for aging too, since he looked pretty much as he did in the late 70s. Colin was always a bit of a hypochondriac, slightly paranoid about his weight, no-one at Lotus ever dared to utter the nickname "Chunky" in his hearing, and he was also sensitive about his height, he often wore slightly built-up shoes, and greying hair, he went through a faintly embarrassing period of having it dyed red, until someone, possibly Hazel, talked him out of it.

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In his opinion it seems, mechanics are the real heroes, drivers just sit there and turn the wheel, races are really won by designers and men behind the scenes like him. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.The original Harper Brothers Company was established in New York City in 1817 and over the years published the works of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Newey is obviously very reflective and honest about his sense of responsibility as the Williams design engineer at the time. Today we publish some of the world's foremost authors, from Nobel prize-winners to worldwide bestsellers recent successes including the Booker-winning Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel, and George RR Martin's blockbusting A Song of Ice and Fire series.

I've spent this weekend thoroughly engrossed in this account of the infamous Adrian Newey's life with cars. Perhaps only AN would wear goggles to go onto the podium because he didn't like Vettell spraying bubbly into his eyes, a lovely solution to the problem and it made me smile. As I understand it, uninterested is used to express the idea of not finding something diverting or fascinating, while disinterested suggests that the person concerned is neither financially or emotionally invested in something, or has no interest in any particular outcome.

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.