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Sales Rank: 1739280
Category: Book
Author: Nigel Macknight
Publisher: Hazelton Publishing (UK)
Studio: Hazelton Publishing (UK)
Manufacturer: Hazelton Publishing (UK)
Label: Hazelton Publishing (UK)
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 187455787X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781874557876
ASIN: 187455787X
Publication Date: June 1998
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Product Description
Nigel Macknight guides the reader through a tour of the many aspects of technology involved in the design, development, construction, testing and racing of the modern Formula 1 car. Throughout the book, glorious color photography illustrates the processes involved in bringing a car from the design studio to the race track, focusing on the many different parts of an F1 car and capturing the spectacle and excitement of racing cars in action.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Not as good as it looks December 16, 2002
I bought the book a week after it came on sale (back in 1998) and after reading it I found out that it is basiclly a copy of another book written back in 1993 about the BMS Lola Team. Sincerly I would recomend "The Modern Formula 1 Car: From Drawing Board to Racetrack" this is the book that was written in 1993....it looks a little bit more into the construction fase of a Formula 1 car and also looks at every major technical aspect of the F1 car....like T"Technology of the F1 car"
Technology of the F1 Car is amazing..... May 21, 2002
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
But it is hard to keep up with it in books. My first indication that this book wasn't going to be great was the picture of West McLaren's car on the cover. Much of the information presented is worth the read - even more so if you have some mechanical or engineering background - as well as some knowledge of technology itself (for example, I believe that McLaren? is moving to an OS written by Sun Microsystems)- but it is not a prerequisite as Nigel McKnight has written the book in a manner that should be understandable for all to enjoy. Before I read this book, I would read a book on suspension systems and traction control, chassis, and whatever you can find on engines - I say this because these are some of the components of the car controlled by technology and computers. Not only is keeping up with technology difficult - but most of what the teams do is proprietary and very, very, guarded secrets. All in all, I tip my "Williams" hat to Nigel McKnight.
 a very readable background tech book April 5, 2002
Although I love F1 racing and cars in general, I do have my issues with tech books, because most of them are simply unreadable. Nigel McKnight does a very good job, though. This is a superbly readable guide through the heart of F1 technology and while this sport technologically evolves so incredibly fast that it is hard to publish on it in a book format, this book gives you a solid background, even though the technology discussed in it is now outdated by about 4 years. F1 technology is a lot about design and engineering concepts that are evolving with the ever-changing rule-environment and challenges created by the sport's governing body, the FIA, and this book gets you into these concepts and the minds of the best designers in the sport.
I hope an updated version of this book will be available soon!
 A rehash of Modern Formula 1 Race Car February 3, 2002
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
By Modern Formula 1 race car it covers the area alot better
Joe
F1 Technology January 3, 2002
Interesting book. Not quite up to the usual Autocourse standards. Biggest problem is that the technology race is so fast in F1 that the book was out of date as soon as it was published!
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