The Grand Prix Year: An Insider's Guide to Formula 1 Racing

by Phillip Horton

Bloomsbury presents The Grand Prix An Insider's Guide to Formula 1 Racing by Phillip Horton read by Nikolas Salmon

‘A beautiful book'
Jennie Gow, BBC F1 commentator

‘A true insider’s guide to this most complex and thrilling of sports’
Alex Jacques, Formula 1 commentator and broadcaster

24 RACES. 21 COUNTRIES. 20 DRIVERS. MILLIONS OF SPECTATORS. WELCOME TO LIFE IN THE FAST LANE.

Millions follow the F1 racing season from March to November, but few realise the enormity and complexity of a sport that encompasses so much more than 20 or so Sunday afternoons in the year.

With access to drivers, pit crews, backroom operations, strategists, journalists, PR executives and promoters, journalist Phillip Horton shares his extensive knowledge and experience, and provides an up-close-and-personal insight into the world and workings of Formula One.

The Grand Prix Year delves inside each of the diverse grands prix on the calendar, taking you to spectacular locations across the world and giving you in-depth descriptions of every aspect of the championship. Learn about the practice sessions and last-minute adjustments to the finely tuned race day schedule, driver warm-ups, grid preparation, intense pit lane operations and the red light start sequence.

Every facet of the sport is explored to grip and enlighten any motorsport fans. With engrossing anecdotes, interviews, and insider knowledge, this definitive, all-action book unlocks a fascinating and enthralling sport.

Genres: Nonfiction, Sports

272 pages, Hardcover

Published February 11, 2025

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

As one of the new fans the book talks about attracted by the Netflix series I will say this book pushes me further away from the sport. I’ve only managed to watch a few races on TV, but the amount of money and exclusivity of the sport is a major turnoff. The book itself feels kind of repetitive talking about each circuit in order and didn’t really grab me much. It is useful to learn about the year in F1

[Debbie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Up to chapter two, and so far it’s been a slog. Not sure whether this was written with AI, or just wasn’t proof read or edited at all, but it has had more errors than I feel are acceptable, it is long winded, and repetitive, paragraph after paragraph, to the point where a quote from Bottas was included twice in the Melbourne GP in the space of half a page. Shocked this has fallen through your quality control Bloomsbury, but guess what - F1 fans do actually read books and are looking for quality content. This so far is NOT that. Not sure I am persevere and finish this one.