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

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According to Newey, Ferrari’s financial might and huge support have given them both increased funding from motorsport’s governing body and also far more leverage when it comes to decision-making and rule-breaking, which he has had to contend with for much of his career.

Beautifully illustrated with never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates, through Adrian's remarkable life story, precisely what makes Formula One so thrilling - its potential for the total synchronicity of man and machine, the perfect combination of style, efficiency and speed.During the promotion of the book, Newey revealed that he was offered the top job at Ferrari multiple times during his career and promised wages that no other team could ever match. The book perfectly highlights the process of Newey’s mind when it comes to sitting at his drawing board. The most famous IndyCar race is the Indianapolis 500, held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in front of huge crowds. Daily Telegraph `Adrian Newey has created more winners than all the super-brain computers in Formula One put together.

As Jack-the-Lad has said, this is a fairly standard way of assessing the factual content of books (etc) - which I've used, whether for personal purposes or for reviews I've had to do professionally: start with the stuff you do know about and see what they made of that. The book opens up both his genius with a pencil in his hand and lets us see the tearaway side to him that you’d never know he had based on his interviews in the paddock. It’s striking that virtually the only words of praise Newey has to offer the sport’s governing body is for their work on improving safety standards.The book covers three areas: Newey's life outside F1, the world of F1 in the last 25 years or so, and Newey's contributions as designer and race engineer. I'm a lifelong admirer of his engineering and design skills, but I have to confess that he went down ever so slightly in my estimation after I once spotted an inflatable ring cushion on his office chair. 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. You’ll find every single one of his designs for March, Williams, McLaren and Red Bull explained and explored. Adrian also offers some honest self-analysis of his personal life and delves into memories of his family, his children and effect of his job on his past marriages as his career his flourished.