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Formula One 2022: The World's Bestselling Grand Prix Handbook
Formula One 2022 , the world's bestselling Grand Prix handbook, is the essential resource for the season ahead. Formula 1 fans will be kept fully up to speed with detailed examinations of all the teams racing in 2022 (from Mercedes and Red Bull to Ferrari and Aston Martin), every driver in competition (including Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton), and all the tracks featured on the packed Grand Prix calendar. It also reviews the 2021 season with race-by-race reports and statistics; highlights changes to the rules and regulations for 2022, and discusses major talking points in F1. As well as the drivers' and constructors' world championship tables from 2021, there is a fill-in guide for 2022, so each book can become a personalised record of the Formula One season. Complementing Bruce Jones 's insightful text are dozens of color photographs, detailed circuit maps and a statistics section containing the major records from more than 70 years of the world's most thrilling and glamorous motor sport.
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128 pages, Paperback
Published April 12, 2022
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June 2, 2022
This book was riddled with errors, both in the facts themselves and the writing. Additionally, the author made some predictions with no basis and they have turned out wrong.
Predictions
Jones predicted that Mercedes were going to be a the front with Red Bull and didn't indicate that with the regulation change he doesn't know much. We all made that prediction but we didn't put it into a "bestselling grand prix guide".
Secondly, he predicted that Daniel was going to have a better start to 2022 than Lando with nothing to back it up. This did not come true and Daniel is struggling as opposed to thriving as Bruce Jones predicted.
Writing errors
On Fernando's profile page, it says he raced in "E3000" in 2000. The series is called F3000.
On the next page, Rio Haryanto is mentioned but his name is spelt "Ryo".
On the page about Marina Bay circuit, the 2017 race is named as the race to remember. However, the sentence ends very abruptly with an ellipsis, almost as though Jones wanted to go back to finish it later. The sentence is this "In trying to stop Max Verstappen from passing him, he clipped the Red Bull and fire it into Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen who already had..."
On the page with all of the F1 drivers champions on it, Denny Hulme is referred to as "Denis". that is his name, but earlier in the book he is called Denny so it is rather inconsistent.
There's a similar issue on the next page, which is the fill-in 2022 championship. Zhou Guanyu's name is spelt "Guanyou". This is differently to earlier in the book and, presumably, to how Zhous spells it himself as all of the F1 graphics spell it "Guanyu"
Factual errors
Hulkenberg is described as being Checo's "nemesis", rather than a rival. They are very good friends so this word choice is quite a bizarre decision.
On the page which has Carlos' profile, it says that he "all but matched team-mate Charles Leclerc for points scored". This is incorrect. He didn't match Charles, but rather beat him by 5.5 points.
Pierre Gasly is described as "the best driver awaiting a break with a top team". He had a break, albeit a short one, with Red Bull in 2019. Yes, they weren't fighting for the title but they were relatively regularly fighting for wins.
On the next page, Yuki's junior career is being discussed. His first win in F2 is said to at Spa, with more following at Silverstone and Sakhir. Spa was after Silverstone in the season in 2020 so this isn't possible unless Yuki has a hidden talent for time travel.
Mick's championship campaign in F2 gets mentioned in his driver profile. It says that he edged out "fellow Ferrari academy drivers Callum Ilott and Yuki Tsunoda". Yuki has never been a member of the FDA and definitely wasn't in 2020 as he was, and still is, a Red Bull Junior.
On the following page, Nikita Mazepin's performance in 2021 is discussed and it says that he beat Mick in 2 races, Britain and Brazil. However, he also beat Mick at the Monaco GP.
On the page about the Spanish GP, the rising Spanish star is Rafael Villagomez. He is Mexican and is the rising star for Mexico too. Maya Weug is a driver who has promise who races under a Spanish license. I'm sure there's other people too.
When discussing the greatest Canadian driver, it says that Jacques Villeneuve is the 2007 WDC. He won in 1997.
When Takuma Sato is named as the greatest modern Japanese F1 driver, it mentions his podium at the US GP of 2004. It then says that the race was boycotted by most of the teams. This race was started by everyone who entered the race. 2005 was the race where all but 6 of the cars withdrew. In fact, he was one of the cars who ran with Michelin tyres and therefore withdrew.
The rising American star, Logan Sargeant, is said to have been shining in European F3 last year. However, for the last 2 seasons he has been a tier higher in FIA Formula 3.
On the next page, the aforementioned Rafael Villagomez is said to be the rising Mexican star. It says that this year is competing in European F3. As with Sargeant, he is actually in FIA Formula 3.
The Belgian GP is described as being abandoned "soon" after the start. If you think 3 hours is soon then you're wrong.
When the brake magic incident in Baku is discussed, Lewis is said to not have braked early enough. He braked at the perfect time, however he locked up him tyres because the brake bias was set to 90% on the front rather than the 50% is usually it is around.
When discussing the treacherous conditions of Spa qualifying last year, Seb is said to have complained about how dangerous the conditions are. When Norris crashed, the book said Seb "probably felt validated". I would argue there was no probably about it as Seb started yelling about it on the radio and immediately went to check if Lando was ok.
Lewis' poor strategy in Turkey is mentioned and his race engineer, Pete Bonnington, is called his strategist. He is not the strategist. The chief strategist is James Vowles.
The crash that brought out the first red flag in Saudi Arabia is described as Mick "clipping" the wall. He hit it very hard and the car was pretty much destroyed. He didn't clip it at all.
On the mess of a page that is the drivers' standings, if you work hard enough to decipher the key, you discover that Daniel is marked as the pole sitter for the Italian GP. He qualified 3rd, while Bottas was the person on pole.
The next page contains the list of drivers with the most race starts. Jacques Laffite is on this list twice, with 190 race starts and 175 race starts. He only entered 180 races, so 190 is impossible for him to have reached. He had more than 175 race starts, though only marginally, with 176.
Omissions
The new technical regulations are discussed as talking point ahead of the 2022 season. However, Jones manages to write a whole page about them without mentioning ground effect, which is pretty crucial to the new cars.
On the next page, F1 in the USA is discussed, yet the 2005 US GP is not mentioned once. This race is the crux of the lack of US engagement in F1 in the past couple of decades.
The next page discusses the recent success of French drivers within the sport. It mentions how they had success in the 1990s and then none until the last few years. Admittedly, there were very few French drivers in the 2000s, but the early 2010s had several quick French drivers. Romain Grosjean and Jean-Eric Vergne were decent drivers of that time and Jules Bianchi was considered a star of the future at that point before his tragic accident. Then Charles is mentioned as a hope for French motorsport, while also acknowledging that he isn't actually French.
The section on British drivers chooses to focus on George and Lando, who are already in F1 rather than discussing someone readers may not have heard of. Ollie Bearman, Zak O'Sullivan, Abbi Pulling and Jamie Chadwick could all have been mentioned.
The section on greatest Dutch drivers, only mentions Max as being Jos Verstappen's son, rather than a candidate for this honour himself, even though he is the greatest Dutch F1 driver.
The 2010 Abu Dhabi GP is said to be the most eventful other than 2021. So the author decides to tell us about the 2020 GP as the race to remember. The race was extremely boring and forgettable and the only evidence he has of it being memorable is that McLaren claimed P3 in the WCC at that race. He could've just told me about 2010 instead.
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W- 5
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L- 3
E- 6
Predictions
Jones predicted that Mercedes were going to be a the front with Red Bull and didn't indicate that with the regulation change he doesn't know much. We all made that prediction but we didn't put it into a "bestselling grand prix guide".
Secondly, he predicted that Daniel was going to have a better start to 2022 than Lando with nothing to back it up. This did not come true and Daniel is struggling as opposed to thriving as Bruce Jones predicted.
Writing errors
On Fernando's profile page, it says he raced in "E3000" in 2000. The series is called F3000.
On the next page, Rio Haryanto is mentioned but his name is spelt "Ryo".
On the page about Marina Bay circuit, the 2017 race is named as the race to remember. However, the sentence ends very abruptly with an ellipsis, almost as though Jones wanted to go back to finish it later. The sentence is this "In trying to stop Max Verstappen from passing him, he clipped the Red Bull and fire it into Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen who already had..."
On the page with all of the F1 drivers champions on it, Denny Hulme is referred to as "Denis". that is his name, but earlier in the book he is called Denny so it is rather inconsistent.
There's a similar issue on the next page, which is the fill-in 2022 championship. Zhou Guanyu's name is spelt "Guanyou". This is differently to earlier in the book and, presumably, to how Zhous spells it himself as all of the F1 graphics spell it "Guanyu"
Factual errors
Hulkenberg is described as being Checo's "nemesis", rather than a rival. They are very good friends so this word choice is quite a bizarre decision.
On the page which has Carlos' profile, it says that he "all but matched team-mate Charles Leclerc for points scored". This is incorrect. He didn't match Charles, but rather beat him by 5.5 points.
Pierre Gasly is described as "the best driver awaiting a break with a top team". He had a break, albeit a short one, with Red Bull in 2019. Yes, they weren't fighting for the title but they were relatively regularly fighting for wins.
On the next page, Yuki's junior career is being discussed. His first win in F2 is said to at Spa, with more following at Silverstone and Sakhir. Spa was after Silverstone in the season in 2020 so this isn't possible unless Yuki has a hidden talent for time travel.
Mick's championship campaign in F2 gets mentioned in his driver profile. It says that he edged out "fellow Ferrari academy drivers Callum Ilott and Yuki Tsunoda". Yuki has never been a member of the FDA and definitely wasn't in 2020 as he was, and still is, a Red Bull Junior.
On the following page, Nikita Mazepin's performance in 2021 is discussed and it says that he beat Mick in 2 races, Britain and Brazil. However, he also beat Mick at the Monaco GP.
On the page about the Spanish GP, the rising Spanish star is Rafael Villagomez. He is Mexican and is the rising star for Mexico too. Maya Weug is a driver who has promise who races under a Spanish license. I'm sure there's other people too.
When discussing the greatest Canadian driver, it says that Jacques Villeneuve is the 2007 WDC. He won in 1997.
When Takuma Sato is named as the greatest modern Japanese F1 driver, it mentions his podium at the US GP of 2004. It then says that the race was boycotted by most of the teams. This race was started by everyone who entered the race. 2005 was the race where all but 6 of the cars withdrew. In fact, he was one of the cars who ran with Michelin tyres and therefore withdrew.
The rising American star, Logan Sargeant, is said to have been shining in European F3 last year. However, for the last 2 seasons he has been a tier higher in FIA Formula 3.
On the next page, the aforementioned Rafael Villagomez is said to be the rising Mexican star. It says that this year is competing in European F3. As with Sargeant, he is actually in FIA Formula 3.
The Belgian GP is described as being abandoned "soon" after the start. If you think 3 hours is soon then you're wrong.
When the brake magic incident in Baku is discussed, Lewis is said to not have braked early enough. He braked at the perfect time, however he locked up him tyres because the brake bias was set to 90% on the front rather than the 50% is usually it is around.
When discussing the treacherous conditions of Spa qualifying last year, Seb is said to have complained about how dangerous the conditions are. When Norris crashed, the book said Seb "probably felt validated". I would argue there was no probably about it as Seb started yelling about it on the radio and immediately went to check if Lando was ok.
Lewis' poor strategy in Turkey is mentioned and his race engineer, Pete Bonnington, is called his strategist. He is not the strategist. The chief strategist is James Vowles.
The crash that brought out the first red flag in Saudi Arabia is described as Mick "clipping" the wall. He hit it very hard and the car was pretty much destroyed. He didn't clip it at all.
On the mess of a page that is the drivers' standings, if you work hard enough to decipher the key, you discover that Daniel is marked as the pole sitter for the Italian GP. He qualified 3rd, while Bottas was the person on pole.
The next page contains the list of drivers with the most race starts. Jacques Laffite is on this list twice, with 190 race starts and 175 race starts. He only entered 180 races, so 190 is impossible for him to have reached. He had more than 175 race starts, though only marginally, with 176.
Omissions
The new technical regulations are discussed as talking point ahead of the 2022 season. However, Jones manages to write a whole page about them without mentioning ground effect, which is pretty crucial to the new cars.
On the next page, F1 in the USA is discussed, yet the 2005 US GP is not mentioned once. This race is the crux of the lack of US engagement in F1 in the past couple of decades.
The next page discusses the recent success of French drivers within the sport. It mentions how they had success in the 1990s and then none until the last few years. Admittedly, there were very few French drivers in the 2000s, but the early 2010s had several quick French drivers. Romain Grosjean and Jean-Eric Vergne were decent drivers of that time and Jules Bianchi was considered a star of the future at that point before his tragic accident. Then Charles is mentioned as a hope for French motorsport, while also acknowledging that he isn't actually French.
The section on British drivers chooses to focus on George and Lando, who are already in F1 rather than discussing someone readers may not have heard of. Ollie Bearman, Zak O'Sullivan, Abbi Pulling and Jamie Chadwick could all have been mentioned.
The section on greatest Dutch drivers, only mentions Max as being Jos Verstappen's son, rather than a candidate for this honour himself, even though he is the greatest Dutch F1 driver.
The 2010 Abu Dhabi GP is said to be the most eventful other than 2021. So the author decides to tell us about the 2020 GP as the race to remember. The race was extremely boring and forgettable and the only evidence he has of it being memorable is that McLaren claimed P3 in the WCC at that race. He could've just told me about 2010 instead.
C- 4
A- 6
W- 5
P- 2
I- 5
L- 3
E- 6
November 18, 2022
Like the previous review I noticed many spelling errors within the book. The page numbers in the contents page is also wrong for some topics. Overall good information but poor proof reading by the publisher.
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