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Newey, Adrian, 1958-.
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Newey, Adrian, 1958-
Automobile engineers -- Biography.
Automobile engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Automobile racing drivers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Automobiles -- Design and construction.
Formula One automobiles -- Design and construction.
Formula One automobiles -- History.
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Newey, Adrian, 1958-.
Newey, Adrian, 1958-
Automobile engineers -- Biography.
Automobile engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Automobile racing drivers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Automobiles -- Design and construction.
Formula One automobiles -- Design and construction.
Formula One automobiles -- History.
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How to build a car / Adrian Newey.
by
Newey, Adrian, 1958-.
HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
Call #:
629.2092 N547h
Subjects
Newey, Adrian, 1958-
Automobile engineers
--
Biography.
Automobile engineers
--
Great Britain
--
Biography.
Automobile racing drivers
--
Great Britain
--
Biography.
Automobiles
--
Design
and
construction
.
Formula
One
automobiles
--
Design
and
construction
.
Formula
One
automobiles
--
History.
ISBN:
9780008196806
000819680X
Description:
x, 390 p. : ill. (some color) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
The world's foremost designer in
Formula
One
, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably
one
of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unrivalled 35-year career in
Formula
One
through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he's been involved. A true engineering genius, even in adolescence Adrian's thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form
--
he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a welding course in his school summer holidays. From his early career in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in
Formula
One
, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, always with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna's death during his time at Williams in 1994. Beautifully illustrated with never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates, through Adrian's remarkable life story, precisely what makes
Formula
One
so thrilling
--
its potential for the total synchronicity of man and machine, the perfect combination of style, efficiency and speed.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Holds:
5
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Adult Nonfiction
629.2092 N547h
Core Collection - Adult
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Jul 11, 2024
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