Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1 (2023)
Biography Engineering & Technology Transportation Sports Memoir Motorsports Leadership & Management F1 Racing Contemporary Sports History
Formula 1 fans who devour every episode of Drive to Survive will relish this 2023 first-edition hardcover written by the series’ breakout star, Guenther Steiner. In Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1 the long-time Haas team principal straps readers into the cockpit for the full 2022 season—22 races, budget-cap politics, porpoising cars, and the relentless pressure to score points. Illustrated throughout and wrapped in an unclipped dust jacket, this 282-page insider memoir delivers the same blunt, quotable voice that turned the Italian engineer into a cult figure, but with more technical detail and behind-closed-door honesty than Netflix cameras could ever show.
What makes this copy special is its collectible status: a pristine, smoke-free first printing already fetching premium prices online. Unlike the Netflix edit, Steiner controls the narrative here, revealing how a small U.S.-backed team keeps 300 employees motivated when parts break, sponsors waver, and star drivers clash. Engineers will appreciate the concise explanations of 2022’s ground-effect aero challenge, while casual fans get a master-class in crisis management—how to turn a freight delay, a crash in FP3, or a 30-place grid penalty into a learning opportunity instead of a season killer.
For readers hunting a gift that blends adrenaline, technology, and authentic leadership lessons, this hardcover is an evergreen choice. Young adults considering STEM or motorsport careers receive a candid road map of the discipline, data obsession, and people skills required at the sharp end of global sport. Adults nostalgic for the era of Lauda or Senna will value Steiner’s comparison of today’s hybrid-Turbo V6 beasts to the simpler cars he managed two decades ago. Secure this very-good condition first edition now—its combination of humor, engineering insight, and 2020s F1 history is already out of print and climbing in value.
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