{"product_id":"9781805700296","title":"Formula One: The Controversies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarring team-mates, cheating engineers, striking drivers, fake crashes, and avoidable tragedies--\u003ci\u003eFormula 1: The Controversies \u003c\/i\u003elooks at the scandals that have rocked motor sport's top series. \u003c\/b\u003e Spanning \u003cb\u003e75 years of racing drama\u003c\/b\u003e, this book explores the defining flashpoints of Formula One history, including \u003cb\u003eOscar Piastri's contested move to McLaren\u003c\/b\u003e and the\u003cb\u003e power struggles within Red Bull.\u003c\/b\u003e You'll revisit bitter team-mate battles such as Prost vs Senna, cases of industrial espionage, race-fixing, and even world champions attempting to game the qualifying process at Monaco. You'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome of the craftiest attempts to \u003cb\u003ebypass the tech rules\u003c\/b\u003e from Benetton to Ferrari.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003espying revelations\u003c\/b\u003e that almost bankrupted McLaren.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA scandal that ended the reign of F1's most\u003cb\u003e controversial boss\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe furious\u003cb\u003e team-mate battle at Ferrari, \u003c\/b\u003e when neither driver finished the season.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA grand prix in Spain where\u003cb\u003e teams fixed the crash barriers t\u003c\/b\u003ehemselves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA beloved \u003cb\u003eGerman driver who died \u003c\/b\u003eon the brink of world championship glory. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the son of a world champion\u003cb\u003e 'fixed' F1's first night\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erace.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe\u003cb\u003e modern-day tragedy of Jules Bianchi\u003c\/b\u003e--and how it almost happened again... \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy James Hunt was wrong\u003c\/b\u003e to blame Riccardo Patrese for a tragedy at Monza.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Sebastian Vettel\u003cb\u003e flouted team orders to get payback\u003c\/b\u003e on his team-mate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eyears-long feud \u003c\/b\u003ebetween two of the greatest drivers in F1 history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Ferrari's love of team orders spectacularly \u003cb\u003ebackfired \u003c\/b\u003e(at a cost of $1m). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by an Autosport journalist whose career spans from the Villeneuve-Pironi era through the Senna-Prost rivalry and the explosive Schumacher-Hill season of 1994, this book offers\u003cb\u003e rare, first-hand insight\u003c\/b\u003e. Gain fresh perspectives from \u003cb\u003ea writer who stood in the paddock\u003c\/b\u003e as these events unfolded, interviewing Villeneuve and Pironi, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill--and who still lends his expertise to TV commentary today. \u003cb\u003eThis is a gripping insider's account of Formula One's most defining moments.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ivy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59619114778956,"sku":"9781805700296","price":29.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/4163\/2076\/files\/9781805700296-fe34e44df068707f_front.webp?v=1793266335","url":"https:\/\/foxandfable.com\/de\/products\/9781805700296","provider":"Fox \u0026 Fable","version":"1.0","type":"link"}