Engineering books on F1 topics (aero, mech, chem, materials)

[tele_lover]

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Edited by tele_lover on Saturday 29th August 18:55

[dh00065p]

Try “How to build a car “ by the master himself Adrian Newey.
He knows a thing or two on building F1 cars that have dominated the sport.

[Derek Smith]

dh00065p said:

Try “How to build a car “ by the master himself Adrian Newey.
He knows a thing or two on building F1 cars that have dominated the sport.

I was given that book. I was conned. I thought it very poor. Perhaps I had too high expectations of revelations from the best designer of my time. Perhaps it was just written to get some money.

I gave the book to my local library.

[guards red]

I found Carrol Smith's stuff excellent.

Bit old now, but the basics still apply.

[HardtopManual]

Derek Smith said:

dh00065p said:

Try “How to build a car “ by the master himself Adrian Newey.
He knows a thing or two on building F1 cars that have dominated the sport.

I was given that book. I was conned. I thought it very poor. Perhaps I had too high expectations of revelations from the best designer of my time. Perhaps it was just written to get some money.

I gave the book to my local library.

I thought it was a great read. Were you expecting it to be a Haynes manual for the RB6?

[Sandpit Steve]

Derek Smith said:

dh00065p said:

Try “How to build a car “ by the master himself Adrian Newey.
He knows a thing or two on building F1 cars that have dominated the sport.

I was given that book. I was conned. I thought it very poor. Perhaps I had too high expectations of revelations from the best designer of my time. Perhaps it was just written to get some money.

I gave the book to my local library.

It was okay if you thought of it as “How to build a team”, and took lessons that could be useful at work; but an engineering book it was not. Still a good insight into the mind of someone who’s spent more than three decades right at the top of his profession.

[pistonheadforum]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Giorgio-Piola/auth...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Giorgio-Piola/auth...

Some of the older ones are worth a bit now.

[pistonheadforum]

guards red said:

I found Carrol Smith's stuff excellent.

Bit old now, but the basics still apply.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Race-Car-Design-Derek-Sew...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Race-Car-Design-Derek-Sew...