- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (10 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1859608302
- ISBN-13: 978-1859608302
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 17.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 726,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Michael Schumacher crossed the finish line to win the 2000 Japanese Grand Prix, giving Ferrari their first Drivers' World Championship since 1979, motor racing fans around the world rejoiced. Here is the inside story of the most famous racing team in the world. After honing their competitive edge during season-long battles for the title in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, Ferrari finally succeeded in beating the opposition using a combination of Schumacher's brilliance, Ross Brawn's tactical acumen, and sheer hard work. - Ferrari's thrilling 1997 season which ended with an embarrassing damage limitation exercise. - Its strategy for 1998 as Schumacher vowed to give the team the title. - The story of Eddie Irvine's fight for the 1999 drivers' title. - The details of the triumphant 2000 season which gave Ferrari their first Drivers' World Championship since 1979. - Profiles of Schumacher, Eddie Irvine and Rubens Barrichello. - A privileged insider's view of Maranello, with all its latin intrigue, political in-fighting, and mega-dollar deals. - Design, engines, tyres, testing, qualifying, preparations on race day, strategy. - Finance, sponsorship, image, corporate entertaining.
About the Author
David Tremayne, former editor of Motoring News, is a highly regarded freelance motorsport writer. He is the grand prix correspondent for the Independent on Sunday, and author of several best-selling books including Formula 1 technical books The Science of Speed and The Science of Safety.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A good account of how Ferrari went through the pain barrier of the Alesi/Berger era through to the dominant Schumacher dynasty, and the realisation that the Ferrari infastructure was still rooted in the 80's. An entertaining book. Well worth a look.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Quick run through of Ferrari F1 up to 1998
16 July 2000
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
At Amazon.com, the publish date of this book is March 1999 but it is actually November 1998.
This is only a small book and do not expect much detail in the history of Ferrari F1. If you are a busy man and just want a quick run through, this will help.
Ferrari F1 fans, skip this one. I don't think you will get any excitement from reading this book. If you look for content, this one is lacking. If you look for colorful pictures, there are only some average ones.
A good Ferrari book, but nothing sensational
19 Sep 2010
Format:Hardcover
Part of a five-book set profiling top teams in Formula 1 in the late 1990s - which include titles on McLaren, Williams, Benetton, Jordan and Stewart - David Tremayne's Ferrari: Formula 1 Racing Team follows the formulae of its sister titles, although this particular version was republished in the wake of the team winning the coveted Drivers' Championship title in 2000, for the first time since 1979.
The book almost exclusively covers the team's rise under the guidance of Jean Todt, who was brought into an utterly dysfunctional Maranell squad in mid-1993.
The radical twin-floor F92A of 1992 had proved an embarrassment, and the separation of the team's design office (located in the UK, at the behest of John Barnard, the team's Technical Director at the time) from its factory was proving unsuitable.
At a high level, it analyses the operational and cultural change that slowly took place over the subsequent years, that saw the team successfully bring life back into the Prancing Horse when it was perhaps more of a lame donkey back then.
Crucial decisions - such as the hiring of Michael Schumacher, the forging of a complete technical team, a top-down restructure of the company - are examined, and the outcome was, finally, the all-important first Drivers' Championship since the Jody Scheckter-led campaign in 1979.
Tremayne is one of F1's celebrated journalists and writers, and his writing style here is easy to digest, and he paints a useful image for the reader.
The pictures used in the book are largely taken from the Sutton Images library, but I'd has at a guess as perhaps not the finest from the archives. Furthermore, the publishers insist in using this column-based format on the pages which does nothing to make it any easier to read, and gives it a rather high school textbook feel.
Die-hard Ferrari fans won't find anything particularly earth-shattering here, but it's an easy enough read and would be perfect for someone who knows little of the team's rise from the ashes.
The book almost exclusively covers the team's rise under the guidance of Jean Todt, who was brought into an utterly dysfunctional Maranell squad in mid-1993.
The radical twin-floor F92A of 1992 had proved an embarrassment, and the separation of the team's design office (located in the UK, at the behest of John Barnard, the team's Technical Director at the time) from its factory was proving unsuitable.
At a high level, it analyses the operational and cultural change that slowly took place over the subsequent years, that saw the team successfully bring life back into the Prancing Horse when it was perhaps more of a lame donkey back then.
Crucial decisions - such as the hiring of Michael Schumacher, the forging of a complete technical team, a top-down restructure of the company - are examined, and the outcome was, finally, the all-important first Drivers' Championship since the Jody Scheckter-led campaign in 1979.
Tremayne is one of F1's celebrated journalists and writers, and his writing style here is easy to digest, and he paints a useful image for the reader.
The pictures used in the book are largely taken from the Sutton Images library, but I'd has at a guess as perhaps not the finest from the archives. Furthermore, the publishers insist in using this column-based format on the pages which does nothing to make it any easier to read, and gives it a rather high school textbook feel.
Die-hard Ferrari fans won't find anything particularly earth-shattering here, but it's an easy enough read and would be perfect for someone who knows little of the team's rise from the ashes.
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