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Racing Green
- How Motorsport Science Can Save the World
- Narrated by: Chris Nayak
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
Racing Green is the story of how advances in motorsport science are changing the world, helping it become smarter and more environmentally friendly.
Motor racing is already one of the most scientifically demanding sports: it involves a combination of peak physical and mental skill, world-class mechanical nous and perennial technological innovation. These innovations, first developed for racing, have been incorporated into everyday car designs to improve their safety – from ABS brakes to crash helmets – and ecological impact, via electric engines and more efficient fuels and tyres.
Author Kit Chapman is a lifelong motorsports fan who has previously worked with Virgin Racing’s Formula E team on the chemistry and material science of their cars. With help from his wide range of contacts in the industry, Kit criss-crosses the globe from Ohio to Monaco, Spain to Bahrain. He steps behind the scenes of current engineering breakthroughs, picking up extraordinary tales along the way, such as that of maverick designer Warren Mosler who designed a car so fast it was banned from racing.
Part travelogue, part historical retrospective, Racing Green combines visits to the experts with lively retellings of real-life incidents that became milestones in modern car development. Kit looks at the breadth of racing, both its glories and its tragedies, revealing the industry as a driving force for progress, and where it's on track to take us next.
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- Mr Daniel W Cosby
- 13-09-22
Interesting stuff, mildly annoying performance
If you’re interested in engineering, science or motorsport there are definitely some interesting bits and bobs in this book. Could do without the terrible accents by the narrator though!
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- Bengunn07
- 01-11-24
Well written & researched, poorly read.
As the title suggests, I found the content to be well researched and the book well written in general. The narrator however just doesn't cut it. His pronunciation of the famous F1 drivers names and a host of other names/words key yo the content is horrendous......to the point I wasn't sure if he was taking the mick?
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