The Mechanic: The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane

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Why would I care about any of that? I read something over a third of the book and and 2 starred it. 1 to show how awful the book was, and 2 because the writing was actually quite good, I suspect a ghostwriter but one isn't named. Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsport, the teams have multi-million-pound budgets, some of the drivers are household names and for those looking in from the outside, it is seen as a high octane exotic sport. I have been an F1 fan since about the age of eight and the team that I have supported since then is McLaren; mostly because I lived in the same town as them.

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Of course Kimi was the highlight of this book, aided by me having seen the awesome YouTube clips of Kimi Räikkönen’s delightful monosyllabic awkwardness (not to mention these umlauts I have a weakness for), and reading about his over-the-top antics was strangely yet expectedly entertaining.unreservedly accessible pdf archives on the Internet. We don't have any document on our server. In the event The principle is sound, as are the author’s credentials... [A] genuine attempt to reflect the day-to-day realities of a relentless life on the road. And it is relayed by someone who doesn’t feel duty-bound to toe the corporate line" - - Motorsport The sweetest gift from mum and mitchy <3 5-stars because I had such a fun time reading this. The glitz glamour and chaos of 00s F1 is front centre in this autobiography, but it never felt like a brag, more like charming recollections from a different time. it also made me wonder who will write the defining autobiography of the 10s or the current era. Apparently the world of Formula 1 is the world of insane money which leads to exasperated hilarity. There are lots of fun stories of the mechanics behaving badly, of particular interest is the story about filling Kimi’s gloves with blue dye and Kimi’s subsequent revenge. It shows that Kimi can be a warm and friendly guy and is up for a laugh.

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I got on the radio straight away. ‘Er, guys, I’ve just found something floating around in the car. It looks like a big gold ring.’ What are the challenges and opportunities for integrating cycling and walking modes into traffic models? There was one instance when he actually bent to the will of the team. After he had been found, passed out on a rubber dolphin, in front of a night club on Gran Canaria, the team felt a public apology was required. Kimi ultimately relented but still did it the Kimi-way: Priestly also worked for McLaren during Spygate and the Lewis and Alonso season which is insane and I loved hearing an insider's experience of that crazy year. It's also nice to see how far both Lewis and Alonso have come, they are some of the greatest drivers the sport has ever seen and finally seem to have mutual respect for each other now in 2023. I mean it's only been 16 years lmfaooooo. There was a reflection of the season in the way we all partied that night. Fernando disappeared, never to be seen again. Lewis gathered together his own ever growing entourage in an exclusive private VIP area, none of us from the team were invited. Instead we dragged the night away with the new Formula 1 World Champion somewhere in Sao Paulo. I say somewhere because I really can't remember much about it. I do remember we ended up at Kimi's hotel, the sun rising, none of us able to stand or talk, but it was so nice to finally be able to share part of that incredible achievement with him. I couldn't help but feel that even though he was no longer driving for us, in our own inimitable chaotic McLaren way we'd made a substantial contribution to his world championship season and a tiny part of me had to have a laugh about that.There was initial confusion on the pit wall. The mechanics and engineers were naturally concerned and wanted to know what it was, so I repeated my not-so-technical description.