The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One

The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One

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In his new book, Formula One Grand Prix mechanic Steve Matchett offers the reader inside look at life as a pit crew mechanic, from the beginning as a young apprentice through time at Ferrari and BMW, to succeed at a later date with Benetton. There are eyewitness accounts of the great drivers, including Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. He also spoke about key Benetton personalities, revealing how the team turned into a strong competitive organization, winning three World Championships. In a fast-moving account, the high pressure world of Formula One jumped off the page.

Steve Matchett's second book, Acts of the Mechanic, is an extraordinary work, in essence, Memoires of the Grand Prix mechanic throughout the ten-year career with the Benetton Formula One team. That engineers have to write such interesting and entertaining account of his life in the rather closed world of Grand Prix racing is unique in itself, but what makes this book so extraordinary is the original authors approach to the subject and a natural talent for writing: his style is intelligent, rhetorical and very readable. "Often in an endless stream biogrophies industry roiled by Formula One book," Automotive News said, "It's something different up his .." Matchett touches on all aspects of a prestigious job, described the tremendous effort that the team is expected to provide; danger and high stress of the pit stop; a myriad of famous drivers he works with, and how Benetton and Schumacher stormed the world championships - amid great controversy - along 1994 and 1995. But Tale The Mechanic is more than a collection of frivolity adventure racing, through its occasional deviations Matchett takes the reader on a colorful entertainment, including the ill-fated balloon trip; views on the future of computer technology, and a somewhat surreal comaprisons between Formula One and the 1984 Orwell. All that, combined with his efforts to make excuses Jabberwoky Lewis Carroll, to make something a book but predictable.

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