Surviving to Drive: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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Great to hear how Kevin has done and how if there was a problem that was faced but with mick you just felt from the start that yeah that was never going to work. Ook over de issues die Steiner voor zijn kiezen kreeg toen hij afscheid moest nemen van zijn Russische hoofdsponsor worden niet geschuwd – evenals de vele opmerkingen van de oom van Mick Schumacher in de pers. Steiner’s popularity skyrocketed after Formula 1’s Drive to Survive docuseries on Netflix, which Steiner says he has still never watched. He is regularly self-deprecating, describing himself as “an Italian wanker with a big nose, a weird accent and a German name” and accepts that his main skill is his ability to talk. There is understandable praise and warmth for Gene Haas’ vision, commitment and calmness—chalk and cheese to the ever-animated Steiner—and Ferrari for its willingness to partner with Haas when it was striving to join Formula 1.

Chronicles a year in the life of an F1 team principal, written as journal entries from pre-season to post. Have people forgotten the nous and vast experience in motorsport which helped him set up Haas as a pioneering US team and how he has managed to keep them racing? It was a significant breakthrough and Haas’s best-ever qualification, but Steiner’s elation turned to disappointment when Hülkenberg was then hit with a three-place grid penalty.I’ve never looked at keeping a diary before and while I like to look forward, it’s been fun to look back over this year proofing this book again and reflecting on the many highs and lows we’ve encountered at Haas F1 Team. De focus ligt op Mick Schumachar, Kevin Magnussen en Nikita Mazepin, die begin 2022 nog voor Haas zou gaan rijden.

Packed full of twists and turns, from pre-season preparations to hiring and firing drivers, from the design, launch, and testing of a car to the race calendar itself– Surviving to Drive is the first time that an Formula 1 team has allowed an acting team principal to tell the full story of a whole season. It is also clear that Steiner revels in Haas’ role as an underdog—something of a disruptor—and doing so in a quirky and non-corporate manner.Steiner swears only once in this interview and he is thoughtful, and so I wonder if he also gets weary of his comic persona. One particular profanity appears 351 times in the 280 pages, according to a reviewer who bothered to count, and Steiner has delivered it all in the accent of a man born in German-speaking northern Italy and now resident in North Carolina. There is at least one swear word in almost every entry and he keeps everything honest, even if his team isn’t doing too well. Waar ik eerder bijvoorbeeld het boek Jack in de pits wat rommeliger vond qua opzet, is dat bij Surviving to drive helemaal niet het geval.