The Chariot Makers: Assembling the Perfect Formula 1 Car - Couverture rigide

Matchett, Steve

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0752856499 ISBN 13 : 9780752856490

Editeur : Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2004

Synopsis

Former F1 mechanic turned TV broadcaster Steve Matchett is trapped overnight in New York, in a fogbound JFK Airport with some fellow motor racing enthusiasts. With no sign of the fog letting up and a long twelve hours to get through, talk inevitably turns to Formula 1. During the course of the night, and fuelled by regular trips to the departure lounge bar, the three protagonists, drawing upon Matchett's encyclopaedic knowledge of life in the F1 pit lane, decide to piece together the perfect Formula 1 Grand Prix car ...Starting with the monocoque (or chassis) and moving through the engine type, gearbox, exhaust, suspension and aerodynamics etc, no bolt is left unexamined in Matchett's comprehensive and detailed, techinical expose of the inner workings of the fastest cars on the planet. In straightforward, clear and concise language, Matchett explains how the F1 teams have arrived at their current state-of-the-art designs; how, exactly, a Formula 1 car is put together.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steve Matchett has spent over twenty years in the pit-lane. Now living in western France he writes on F1 for a variety of publications and works as a broadcaster for a US motor sports channel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752856499
• ISBN 13: 9780752856490
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible