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  • The Men Who Made Formula One
  • By: Kevin Eason
  • Narrated by: Kevin Eason
  • Length: 10 hrs
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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Driven

By: Kevin Eason
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Delve into the murky world of Formula One, a world where money, fame and power rule - but for how long?  

Formula One is speed, glamour, danger - and eye-watering wealth. Driven: The Men Who Made Formula One tells how a small group of extraordinary men transformed Formula One from a niche sport played out on primitive tracks surrounded by hay bales and grass verges into a £1 billion circus performing in vast theatres of entertainment all over the world.  

Led by Bernie Ecclestone, the billionaire ringmaster, this clique started by scraping a living to go racing and ended up creating space-age cars and turning drivers from amateur gladiators into multimillion-pound superstars, like Ayrton Senna and Lewis Hamilton, while the names of Ferrari, McLaren and Williams are now as familiar around the world as Manchester United or Real Madrid.   

For 20 years, Kevin Eason watched how these men operated like a sporting Mafia, protecting each other while squabbling over the vast wealth pouring into the sport. As motor racing correspondent for The Times and then with The Sunday Times, Eason was privileged to have a ringside seat as this cabal of wealthy characters ruled and then were pushed out of the sport they created.   

This colourful and compelling account of the extraordinary flourishing of Formula One explores the quirks and extravagances of the men who converged - in one generation - to shape their sport - disparate characters with a common impulse: they were racers - and they were driven.  

©2018 Kevin Eason (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

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Fascinating stories!

Much enjoyed this audiobook. I’ve been an F1 fan since the ‘70s and watched/read/listened to much everything to do with the sport and its personalities. And yet just about everything here was new to me. Clearly Eason has lived life in Formula 1’s bosom, knows everyone and they him, consequently his tales often are uniquely about his personal meetings and lunches and travels with the icons (to me) of the sport. I found every minute fascinating! And only am saddened it’s finished :) I think most F1 fans will learn much and enjoy reading/listening to it.

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Awesome

Just when I thought I had heard it all, this book gave me so much more. Despite my 30 years + of following Formula One passionately, I was amazed at the amount of stories and anecdotes I had never heard, so I highly recommend this book as a must for any truly passionate F1 fan. It is not about racing and results, rather, it is about the people, the history, and the business side of Formula One. Brilliant.

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