Inspired to Design: F1 cars, Indycars & racing tyres: the autobiography of Nigel Bennett
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.71 (658 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845845366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A fascinating first-hand behind-the-scenes insight. With descriptions of the importance of the Race Engineer to the driver, and to a team’s competitiveness, Nigel Bennett draws on his years of experience to offer detailed insight to how an engineer worked with a car and tuned its set-up in an era before computer readouts and telemetry came to dominate.. Included in the story is considerable detail of Nigel’s eight years spent with the Firestone European Racing Division, covering an area vital to racing car performance, plus the relationship between a tyre company and its leading contracted team. The differences between running an Indy car on a road circuit and an oval are covered, as is the struggle to get the best from a car for the Indy 500 - a task which is described with unusual clarity. Nigel also describes the story of the ‘Big Beast’ – the Mercedes p
Designer of the Ensign F1 and Theodore Indy cars, Nigel was head-hunted by Lola Cars, later becoming Penske Cars' Chief Designer, a position he held for eight years. Nigel Bennett was one of Britain's most successful racing car designers of the 80s and 90s. His Indycars won 79 races, five National Drivers Championships, five Constructers Championships and five Indy 500 wins.He raced his home-built 750F car
"Well Done" according to John Mccarrier. This book provides an remarkable perspective of Formula 1 and Indy Car racing from 1966 through 200Well Done This book provides an remarkable perspective of Formula 1 and Indy Car racing from 1966 through 2003. The author began his career with Firestone and went on to work with Hesketh, Lotus, Ensign, Lola, Penske, and G Force. He worked with many of the most acco. . The author began his career with Firestone and went on to work with Hesketh, Lotus, Ensign, Lola, Penske, and G Force. He worked with many of the most acco. Good Read for the Hard Core Racing Fan Steve T. Noffke As a former Formula Ford racer and one who had designed, built and driven one's own racing cars, Nigel Bennett's book is a great book on the inside technical side of open wheel racing at the top levels from the late 1960's to early 2000's when racing became. "A Very Good Read!" according to Michael A. Redmann. Reading this book reminded me a lot of John Wyer's book, The Certain Sound. It had a very nice blend of stories about personalities, some nice technical information and behind the scenes stories. I always rate a book by what new informaiton I learned and th
"A brilliant account of what it's like to work in Formula One and the IndyCar series incredibly honest" - Auto Express"This is much more than just a dry ‘and then I did this' biog. Instead, you get a real feel for what it was like to be on the front line a cracking read." - Octane"This book provides a fascinating insight into that period of F1 development, and the role Lotus played in moving the goal posts a considerable distanceforward an interesting read and gives an insiders view of Lotus, Formula One and Champ cars - recommended." - Historic Lotus"Informative and frank" - Motor Sport"His book gives a great insight into many aspects of lndycar design absorbin