Author: Steve Matchett
Name: The Mechanic's Tale - Life in the Pit Lanes of Formula One
Rating:
Fascinating book. Pretty neat that you can live at home with your parent's until you're 27 and then become an F1 mechanic, a very successful one at that. The author has some contradicting opinions, though. On one hand he feels that we should all remember that F1 is just a business like any other, no more, no less, and it should be treated as such. On the other hand, he feels that every single one of Benetton's driver changes was unnecessary because the one who had to leave was "such a nice guy overall". How can anyone say truthfully that replacing Jos Verstappen didn't make business sense? After all, he just said we should remember that's what the game is all about. I won't even mention how he felt sorry for Roberto Moreno when Michael Schumacher replaced him in the middle of the season...