The Formula 1 Drive to Survive Unofficial Companion

Whether you are a new or longtime Formula 1 fan, here is your ultimate, unofficial armchair companion to the popular Netflix series&nbsp;Formula 1: Drive to Survive, providing deeper insight into the players, tech, and history that drive the show’s plot points.<br /><br />F1 expert Stuart Codling&nbsp;is your guide to all things F1. The&nbsp;Formula 1 Drive to Survive The Unofficial Companion&nbsp;is a&nbsp;feature-rich&nbsp;guide that takes you&nbsp;beyond the series’ personalities and off-track drama&nbsp;to present further context. Topics covered include:<br />&nbsp;<ul><li>People&nbsp;– Who does what to keep F1 teams rolling? From personal&nbsp;trainers&nbsp;to race&nbsp;engineers,&nbsp;mechanics,&nbsp;pit crew, and&nbsp;team principal, what does it take to succeed in F1? Sidebars and callouts include significant past players and great&nbsp;rivalries&nbsp;including that between&nbsp;Toto Wolff&nbsp;and&nbsp;Christian Horner.</li><li>F1 History in 20 Cars&nbsp;– From&nbsp;Fangio’s postwar Alfa Romeo to&nbsp;Max Verstappen’s Honda-powered&nbsp;Red Bull&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lewis Hamilton’s&nbsp;Mercedes, all the great teams feature:&nbsp;Ferrari,&nbsp;Williams,&nbsp;McLaren,&nbsp;Lotus, and more. Callouts features driver gear and great past drivers like Andretti, Brabham, Moss, Schumacher, and more.</li><li>Technology&nbsp;– Who designs and builds today’s mind-bending cars and&nbsp;engines&nbsp;and what does the process entail? Side journeys explore&nbsp;safety&nbsp;features,&nbsp;technology&nbsp;behind key components, and big ideas that flopped.</li><li>F1 Circuits&nbsp;– A look at F1 race course in today, along with features on circuit design, past circuits, and notorious circuit features like Loew’s Hairpin at&nbsp;Monaco&nbsp;and Eau Rouge at Spa Francorchamps.</li><li>Race Strategy&nbsp;– The&nbsp;rules&nbsp;and&nbsp;strategies&nbsp;of race day. Sidebars explore things like tire strategy, the anatomy of a pit stop, and the role of&nbsp;analytics.</li><li>Business&nbsp;– Who pays for the multibillion-dollar spectacle on display in&nbsp;Drive to Survive&nbsp;and how is it possibly profitable? Features and callouts explore the evolution of&nbsp;sponsorship, driver salaries, and backroom deals.</li></ul><br />Where relevant, Codling relates content to specific&nbsp;seasons and episodes, providing even more context for the&nbsp;reality series. The visuals include&nbsp;scores of action and off-track photos. The result is a visually stunning guide to accompany a wildly popular TV series, and an engaging history spanning seventy-plus years of the world’s most popular motorsport.