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A review by stormlightreader
How to Win a Grand Prix by Bernie Collins
4.5
"Checo heads for the chequered flag. I can hear the roar from the pit wall."
I loved the insight Collins gives us into the inner workings of a Formula 1 team. The insight is slightly different to that given in Guenther Steiner's, Surviving to Drive, with him being a team principal and Collins being a race strategist. It's lovely to hear how appreciative Collins is of all of the staff involved, from catering to mechanics. However, hearing how organised and structured an F1 team is just makes me sad about how poorly organised my workplace is 😂
I've been lucky to find two F1 books released at the same time that give some detail of Checo's time at his current and previous teams. Collins spent five and a half years working with him and the chapter describing Checo's first Grand Prix win in Sakhir was great.
It's awesome to listen to her insight into the career of a woman in F1 and listening to her talk about her job was really fascinating. Anyone who watches F1 knows Bernie loves a bit of tyre talk and as expected, we get some of that in the book 😂