The Book Of Formula 1 Top Tens

By: Roger Smith .

Whether pop music charts or Olympic medals, everyone likes to know the 'Top Ten' pecking order, to see how their own favourites are faring and to chew over how the rest compare. And with so many variables for both man and machine, the sport of Formula 1 lends itself perfectly to the Top Ten treatment, as demonstrated in this compelling book.

Top Ten rankings can reveal surprises, arouse nostalgia, even fill knowledge gaps — enthralling or exasperating, depending whether they mirror your own views. The title of Roger Smith's pocket-size treasure trove of statistics implies that each Top Ten will be preceded by superlatives such as biggest, longest, fastest or best. But that is another intriguing feature of the Top Ten genre. It works just as well for the flip-side: smallest, shortest, slowest, even the worst!

It is this counterpoint dimension — exploring failure alongside success, the ordinary balanced by the extraordinary, the weird against the wondrous — that gives such depth and richness. It is only by appreciating the struggles of the many that the conquest by the few may be fully admired.

Following the success of his first book, Analysing Formula 1, Roger Smith again combines his diagnostic dexterity with his Formula 1 fervour to bring new ideas and insights. An international business information expert in his professional life, Roger has ardently studied Grand Prix racing and attended innumerable Formula 1 races over more than five decades.

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