Warring team-mates, cheating engineers, striking drivers, fake crashes and avoidable tragedies Formula 1: The Controversies looks at the scandals that have rocked motor sports top series.
Spanning 75 years of racing drama, this book explores the defining flashpoints of Formula One history, including Oscar Piastris contested move to McLaren and the power struggles within Red Bull. Youll revisit bitter teammate battles such as Prost vs Senna, cases of industrial espionage, racefixing and even world champions attempting to game the qualifying process at Monaco.
Youll discover:
Some of the craftiest attempts to bypass the tech rules from Benetton to Ferrari. The spying revelations that almost bankrupted McLaren. A scandal that ended the reign of F1s most controversial boss. The furious team-mate battle at Ferrari, when neither driver finished the season. A grand prix in Spain where teams fixed the crash barriers themselves. A beloved German driver who died on the brink of world championship glory. How the son of a world champion fixed F1s first nightrace. The modern-day tragedy of Jules Bianchi and how it almost happened again Why James Hunt was wrong to blame Riccardo Patrese for a tragedy at Monza. When Sebastian Vettel flouted team orders to get payback on his team-mate. The years-long feud between two of the greatest drivers in F1 history. How Ferraris love of team orders spectacularly backfired (at a cost of $1m).
Written by an Autosport journalist whose career spans from the VilleneuvePironi era through the SennaProst rivalry and the explosive SchumacherHill season of 1994, this book offers rare, firsthand insight. Gain fresh perspectives from a writer who stood in the paddock as these events unfolded, interviewing Villeneuve and Pironi, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill and who still lends his expertise to the Channel 4 commentary team today. This is a gripping insiders account of Formula Ones most defining moments.
