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9781801506472

Starting from the Back of the Grid Misadventures Inside Formula One's Flying Circus

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    9781801506472

  • ISBN10:

    1801506477

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2024-06-11
  • Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
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Summary

The hilarious and endearing story of how an academic flop with a prodigious talent for getting into embarrassing situations somehow succeeds in the glamorous world of Formula One.

The author, a TV producer and occasional cameraman, gives a distinctive perspective on F1’s Flying Circus, up close and personal with motorsport legends, A-list celebrities and the super-rich. He tells of his encounters with its greatest drivers and most intriguing behind-the-scenes personalities, and recalls the sport’s rivalries, tragedies and scandals.

He charts his own comedic career path from rough sleeper on a rubbish tip in Hong Kong to the paddock in Monte Carlo where his first words to Michael Schumacher caused the racing legend to inflate with rage. But a few traumatic days later he is sipping champagne high above the track on race day.

If you love Formula One and have a sense of humor, you will want to read this book.

Author Biography

Kris has worked as a freelance TV producer since 1993 for Star TV, the Golf Channel, BSkyB, Disney ESPN and Fox Sports covering Formula One, Formula E, other motorsports, boxing, American football and golf. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ian worked in sales and marketing for technology companies and founded a management consultancy. He lives in north London.

Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword by Guenther Steiner 8
Latin America, We Have a Problem! 9
Red Bull Gives Me Wings 14
A Clown in the Formula One Circus 24
How (not) to Become a Formula One TV Producer 29
Searching for a Seat 32
Why We Can’t Be Formula One Drivers 41
Useless Business Cards 48
Diamond Geezer at Silverstone 54
Paddock Survival Skills 61
Track Slide Camera 68
Joker in the Hole 76
Money, Money, Money! 80
Creative Writing Crash Course 88
Finding the Fun in Formula One 92
Cowboy Meets Cowgirl 97
The Engineering Edge 105
Prime Time 112
Charlie and Walter 117
Black-Flagged 126
Racing’s In My Blood 133
F! 138
Crash Test Dummy 143
Four Steps to Heaven 150
Snappers 153
Monte Carlo or Bust 162
In a Different Dimension 166
Moroccan Black 173
Crashgating the Party 180
Restricted Access 184
The Pride of Venezuela 193
Animal Farm 198
Gooshbumpsh on the Grid 204
The Art of Silence 212
Lost in Lewis’s Eyes 216
Rubbish Performance 222
Sebastian’s Slowest Lap 227
Nousnous Violet 230
Away with the Fairways 235
Liar, Liar, Car’s on Fire 239
Sky Dive 244
Careering Around 257
Ulises the God of Love 265
Batigol 272
Electric Dreams 277
Run For Your Lives! 289
Never Lift, Never Give Up 295
Frankenstein’s Baby 304
‘We’re Going to Need a Miracle’ 310
The Ace and the Joker 317
Acknowledgements 32

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