The Mechanic's Tale

Author: Steve Matchett
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409134148
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
A fascinating insider's look at life behind-the-scenes at Formula One. 'An essential read' AUTOSPORT 'A must for the real inside story' FORMULA 1 RACING 'Recommended for anyone interested in F1 on the inside' MOTORING NEWS Formula One Grand Prix mechanic Steve Matchett takes the reader on a compelling journey through his life in the pit-lane, from his beginnings as a young apprentice, through his time at Ferrari and BMW to his later success with Benetton. He gives eye-witness views of the great drivers, including Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. He also talks of key Benetton personalities, and explains how the team was transformed into a strong, competitive organisation, winning three World Championships. His determination and frustration in trying - and eventually succeeding - to break into the high-pressure world of Formula One leaps off the page.

BRM

Author: Dick Salmon
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781845840822
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
British Racing Motors (generally known as BRM) was a British Formula 1 motor racing team often described as Britain's Ferrari as it built its own cars. Founded in 1945, the team raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 Grand Prix and winning 17.This is the BRM story told by a man who was both a devoted fan and a loyal member of the British Racing Motors team. Seen purely from a mechanic's point of view this account of BRM is generally complimentary, but at times is critical of personnel and procedures. Dick Salmon was involved in the repeated failures and humiliations of the 1950s, through the gradual progress of winning minor races to the excitement of Jo Bonnier winning the first World Championship Grand Prix in Holland in 1959. BRM's glory culminated in the ultimate honor in 1962, when in East London, South Africa, Graham Hill drove a BRM to victory to win both the Driver's World Championship and in doing so brought the Constructor's Championship to the BRM team, thereby making a considerable contribution to international motor racing history. Probably for the first time, criticism is levelled at both Louis Stanley and the introduction of the H16 engine as contributory factors to the ultimate failure of British Racing Motors: Louis Stanley for his freeloading extravagance, and the rather foolish decision by BRM's management to build such a complicated and bulky power unit.

The Mechanic

Author: Marc 'Elvis' Priestley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473548896
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Meet Marc 'Elvis' Priestley: the former number-one McLaren mechanic, and the brains behind some of Formula One's greatest ever drivers. Revealing the most outrageous secrets and fiercest rivalries, The Mechanic follows Priestley as he travels the world working in the high-octane atmosphere of the F1 pit lane. While the spotlight is most often on the superstar drivers, the mechanics are the guys who make every World Champion, and any mistakes can have critical consequences. However, these highly skilled engineers don't just fine-tune machinery and crunch data through high-spec computers. These boys can seriously let their hair down. Whether it's partying on luxury yachts or gravity-defying photos aboard aeroplanes, this is a world which thrills on and off the track. This is Formula One, but not like you've seen it before.

Life in the Fast Lane

Author: Steve Matchett
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409137058
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
Steve Matchett was the rear jack man in the Benetton pit lane team, and was himself engulfed in the terrible fire at Hockenheim. In Life in the Fast Lane he reveals the full, inside story of the 1994 season, including the death of Ayrton Senna, the Hockenheim fire, and disqualifications as the Benetton and Williams teams battled for the Drivers' Championship. The final showdown came in Adelaide, the last race of the season, with the controversial accident when Schumacher of Benetton and Hill of Williams collided. Matchett's story of the frantic and unending behind-the-scenes activity in the effort to be the fastest and best in the world is a fascinating account of the high-pressure world of Formula One motor racing.

Rebel Mechanics

Author: Shanna Swendson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374300097
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
In 1888 New York City, sixteen-year-old governess Verity Newton agrees to become a spy, whatever the risk, after learning that the man for whom she has feelings sympathizes with rebels developing non-magical sources of power, via steam engines, in hopes of gaining freedom from British rule.

Tales from the Toolbox

Author: Michael Oliver
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781845841997
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Tales from the Toolbox is a unique collection of behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes as told, in their own words, by former Grand Prix mechanics who have worked at the top level of the sport during the past 50 years. On the front line of the sport, mixing with drivers and team bosses, they saw a side of it that nobody else got to see and rarely gets to hear about – and this book tells their story. Chapters are themed around a particular aspect of a mechanic’s life, ranging from what they consider the highs and lows of their career, to their opinions of drivers and team bosses, the all-nighters, letting off steam, the ‘Mechanic’s Gallon,’ nightmare journeys and customs capers. It also reveals a tale of camaraderie between teams and individual mechanics which is hard to imagine in today’s highly competitive Formula One environment. The stories are supplemented by photographs from the archives and photo albums of the mechanics themselves, many of which are previously unseen.

Celestial Mechanics

Author: William Least Heat Moon
Publisher: Mitten Press
ISBN: 9781941110560
Category : FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
As Silas Fortunato's marriage descends to a dark place, the arrival of his sister-in-law and a witching neighbor on the scene marks the beginning of an unpredictable journey to something new.

My Mama Is a Mechanic

Author: Doug Cenko
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936669714
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
View a mother through the eyes of her son as they play, cook, and imagine together.

Household Mechanics

Author: Sarah Mangold
Publisher: New Issues Poetry and Prose
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 90

Book Description
Winner of the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize. Here there is a list and there is a life. A coming of age. Doubt. A taking apart. The dog. The girl scout in the tornado. Good intentions. There is something of Plath in these domestic meditations. Something of Stein. you know you've seen that. and mashed potatoes like green waves. --Laura Moriarty.

Mechanica (bk 1)

Author: Betsy Cornwell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547927711
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
"A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all"--