F1 Racing

Drive

By: Rachel Brookes

Narrated by: Rachel Brookes

How do twenty of the best drivers in the world drive on the same racetrack and have such different results? This is Formula One unlocked, revealing the strategy and skill behind the most successful drivers in the world.

With exclusive insider access, F1 Racing: Drive reveals the tactics of the top teams and strategies they use to optimize driver performance, explaining how drivers succeed, why they fail and those marginal adjustments that are the difference between winning and losing.

Featuring chapters on everything from defensive masterclasses and the importance of engineering and working as a team to the skills of driving in the rain and conquering mindset, this is a definitive insight into the secrets of the best drivers in F1 history.

Rachel has obtained new interviews specifically for the book with some of the biggest names in F1, including:

Drivers and Team Principals
Guenther Steiner
Toto Wolff
Lando Norris
Oscar Piastri
Valtteri Bottas
Nico Rosberg
Pedro De la Rosa
Anthony Davidson (ex-driver)
Jock Clear (veteran engineer, currently at Ferrari)

Journalists
Martin Brundle (Sky, ex-driver)
Bernie Collins (Sky Sports, F1TV, female, ex-engineer for Aston Martin)

Sit in the driver’s seat with Sky Sports F1 commentator Rachel Brookes as she examines the make-or-break moments across 75 years of Formula One and beyond. Brookes draws comparisons between modern drivers alongside their iconic predecessors in a dramatic yet detailed look at how the sport has progressed, ultimately seeking to answer the question: what makes one driver World Champion, while his teammate is stuck forever languishing behind?©2026 Rachel Brookes (P)2026 W.F.Howes ltd