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Formula One
“A BANG-UP JOB…AN ABSORBING, TINGLING STORY”
—The New York Times Book Review
FORMULA ONE
Formula One car racing is a breathtaking spectacle of men and machines, money and power played across five continents and sixteen countries. It's a high-tech, high-risk sport where a simple miscalculation can cost a driver his life. Formula One, the novel, is a fast-paced thriller that takes us onto the track and behind the scenes of this exciting sport.
You'll meet cultured, international car racer Forrest Evers, retired because he feels he's lost his edge after several near-fatal accidents he can't explain.
When a teammate's car careens through the air at 170 miles per hour and explodes on the Suzuka circuit in Tokyo, Evers suspects foul play. Now, to solve the mystery, he must do the one thing he vowed never to do climb behind the wheel of a Formula One car.
Evers's search for the killer takes him across the United States and Mexico, from the sun- soaked beaches of California to New York, from the fashionable Knightsbridge section of London to Paris and finally to the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, where the clues he's assembled must add up to a solution that will save his life.
Author Bob Judd puts us into the cockpits of the fastest racing machines in the world for a hands-on, driver's-eye view of this fantastic sport. We meet the wealthy people who finance Formula One racing, the high-tech car designers and mechanics, the glamorous drivers and their Veronica, wealthy, glamorous, talented, and afraid that Evers will kill himself and ruin her career; Susan, Evers's wife, who wants a divorce, the house, and the Aston-Martin; Nicole, girlfriend of the driver whose death Evers witnessed, who seeks revenge; and Beverly, the woman Evers falls in love with and takes with him to the Mexican Grand Prix.
Formula One is a rare blend of international intrigue, action, gripping suspense, and best of all, super-realistic detail from the world's most dangerous and glamorous sport.
“What a good novel. Judd’s car-racing knowledge is superbly
integrated into this passionately told story...a perfect read.”
—TOM KENEALLY, author of Schindler’s List
—The New York Times Book Review
FORMULA ONE
Formula One car racing is a breathtaking spectacle of men and machines, money and power played across five continents and sixteen countries. It's a high-tech, high-risk sport where a simple miscalculation can cost a driver his life. Formula One, the novel, is a fast-paced thriller that takes us onto the track and behind the scenes of this exciting sport.
You'll meet cultured, international car racer Forrest Evers, retired because he feels he's lost his edge after several near-fatal accidents he can't explain.
When a teammate's car careens through the air at 170 miles per hour and explodes on the Suzuka circuit in Tokyo, Evers suspects foul play. Now, to solve the mystery, he must do the one thing he vowed never to do climb behind the wheel of a Formula One car.
Evers's search for the killer takes him across the United States and Mexico, from the sun- soaked beaches of California to New York, from the fashionable Knightsbridge section of London to Paris and finally to the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, where the clues he's assembled must add up to a solution that will save his life.
Author Bob Judd puts us into the cockpits of the fastest racing machines in the world for a hands-on, driver's-eye view of this fantastic sport. We meet the wealthy people who finance Formula One racing, the high-tech car designers and mechanics, the glamorous drivers and their Veronica, wealthy, glamorous, talented, and afraid that Evers will kill himself and ruin her career; Susan, Evers's wife, who wants a divorce, the house, and the Aston-Martin; Nicole, girlfriend of the driver whose death Evers witnessed, who seeks revenge; and Beverly, the woman Evers falls in love with and takes with him to the Mexican Grand Prix.
Formula One is a rare blend of international intrigue, action, gripping suspense, and best of all, super-realistic detail from the world's most dangerous and glamorous sport.
“What a good novel. Judd’s car-racing knowledge is superbly
integrated into this passionately told story...a perfect read.”
—TOM KENEALLY, author of Schindler’s List
341 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1989
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January 30, 2022
A fictional account of Formula 1 motor racing in the late 80s with a conspiracy plot surrounding the last 4 races of the season. I picked this up for 50 cents in a bargain bin having heard of it years before but never feeling compelled to read it. In the end I only picked it up as one of the locations of focus in the story is my home town of Adelaide (where the last race of the season takes place). Bob Judd has a good grasp of Formula 1 at the time, made even more impressive on certain technological aspects like the use of normal-aspirated engines for the 1989 season and the fact that the automatic gearbox was new in competitive F1. From a racing point of view, Judd doesn't turn the show into a ridiculous carnival of mayhem like the movie Driven which is a very good decision. The conspiracy plot was okay and a bit silly in the motor racing world but the same can be said of many police dramas or any TV show story based in a real setting. Judd has a very good writing style for this type of thing, full of interesting characters obviously based on real people of the time (Ken Tyrrell, Bernie Ecclestone, Jean-Marie Balestre, etc). Not sure who the main character driver is based on though. A cross between Martin Brundle and Gerhard Berger? Which brings up one point: Sometimes Judd mentions real drivers yet you never see them in the races.... which could lead to some confusion. Anyway, a good read but I don't feel compelled to pick up its sequels.
September 7, 2020
I'm a big fan of F1, and this is the first fictional book I've read on the subject. Formula one by Bob Judd is a fantastic read. It's got all the glamour of a formula one driver and more.
Forrest Evers is driving for team Arundel, he's living the glamourous life of women and driving the fastest cars in the world. However, his carrier and life takes an unexpected wrong turn when his team mate gets killed in a crash. Over the next few races, Forrest crashes his own car through unexpected circumstances. He's convinced someone killed his team mate and now trying to sabotage his car to kill him. He has to watch his back as well as his lady friends who are also in danger. He ends up investigating desperately trying to find out who's trying to get him out of the way.
A great story for Formula one fans.
Forrest Evers is driving for team Arundel, he's living the glamourous life of women and driving the fastest cars in the world. However, his carrier and life takes an unexpected wrong turn when his team mate gets killed in a crash. Over the next few races, Forrest crashes his own car through unexpected circumstances. He's convinced someone killed his team mate and now trying to sabotage his car to kill him. He has to watch his back as well as his lady friends who are also in danger. He ends up investigating desperately trying to find out who's trying to get him out of the way.
A great story for Formula one fans.
February 11, 2018
330 pages
March 16, 2012
really good
February 5, 2022
Now I know what it's like to be in the shoes of a race car driver.
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