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release dateMay 2023authorStuart CodlingpublisherMotorbookspages192ISBN 978-0760380673grab your copyOn Amazon

The Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive has been an unqualified hit. Engaging and entertaining, the series has brought in legions of new fans to F1 and entertained veteran gearheads such as myself since it debuted in 2018. If the Netflix production whetted your appetite for speed, then there’s a book for you: Formula 1 Drive to Survive – The Unofficial Companion.
Yes, it might seem ironic that a digital streaming phenomenon like Formula 1: Drive to Survive has a book (an actual book made of paper with pages and everything!) to go along with it. Yet that irony quickly fades as you thumb through this well-presented volume.

Not Your Average Textbook

Written by Stuart Codling and published by Motorbooks, Formula 1 Drive to Survive – The Unofficial Companion serves as a handy primer for the current state of F1 with plenty of historical context.

Think of this book as being aimed squarely at not only existing fans but new ones as well. The Netflix series may have felt like Freshman y...