TECHNOLOGY OF THE F1 CAR BY NIGEL MACKNIGHT

TECHNOLOGY OF THE Fl CAR BY NIGEL MACIGNIGHT ISBN 1-874557-68-3 Published by Hazleton Publishing, £14.99

WE ALL KNOW HOW

secretive Fl teams are, so a book daiming to show you under their kevlar skins should fire your interest Not this one. From the flat text to the repetitive photography, it fails to get off the grid. The text, a mix of deadpan facts and generalisations, feels superficial because it doesn’t home in on cases: aerodynamic and suspension factors are discussed in general without explaining how one team’s solutions differ from another. None of the pictures are captioned and individual technologies are mentioned but inadequately illustrated by a nearby photo. It’s not enough to say ‘some cars have triple-damper arrangements’ without showing any suspension layouts at all. This book badly needs diagrams to explain the technology. GC