By:Steve Matchett
Enough about history and politics! It was time for me to read something about one of my other passions: Auto Racing. I'm a huge fan of racing and race online when I can find time. It's what actually got me into watching auto racing. I follow NASCAR and Formula 1. I started watching NASCAR but have really started to dig Formula 1. For those that don't know Formula 1 is a series that is based mainly in Europe and mainly has drivers not from America. It's hard to get an audience in America without an American driver hence why NASCAR is so popular. For a tech geek like myself F1 is much more interesting. The teams are allowed to use computers and are allowed to use a wide array of aerodynamic devices. The cars have so much force they could drive upside down! The steering wheel alone has so many buttons and knobs that I don't know how the drivers know what they all are!
If you got thru that last paragraph kudos. Now on to the book.
Chariot Makers is written by a man who spent his early adult life working on F1 cars. From working on F1 cars he started commentating on SPEED Channel (the American provider of F1 coverage).
The book starts out with Mr. Matchett in an airport with four other men all of whom are fans of F1 and travel to a few races a year and are fans of Steve. They start talking about what era was the best for F1 with Steve.
Steve tells them that there is no one era of F1 and to build the perfect car a person would have to take parts of cars from all different eras to get the PERFECT Race car.
The talk continues as the five men fly to Europe on the Concorde.
If you're a fan of racing or engineering you should check out this book.
256 pages
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