Archive for Items Categorized 'Biography/ Autobiography', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Jim McGee, Crew Chief of Champions

by Gordon Kirby 

He cut his teeth working on a private Indy entry cobbled together in a backyard garage and rose to run some of the big-league outfits of his day. An important book about an important man.

Surviving to Drive, A Year Inside Formula 1

by Guenther Steiner

Call him candid, call him a loudmouth, Steiner does have motorsports cred and did spend ten years as team principal at Haas F1 where the team pocketed a points finish in their debut race. But underdogs do have things to make noise about and often axes to grind.

Paolo Martin: Visions in Design

by Paolo Martin

You may look at the cover and see a famous Ferrari but Martin is really at home in any area of design, a story told here in over a thousand images accompanied by thoughtful and inspiring commentary by the man himself.

Adrian Newey: An Illustrated Biography of F1’s Greatest Designer

by Frank Hopkinson

Newey designs have won 12 Constructors’ and 14 Drivers’ titles and 223 Grands Prix between 1991 and 2024. Hence the title of this book, which is a quick overview of a busy career that is still in full flourish.

Zero to 60 and Beyond

by Tony Quinn and Robert Tighe

What does it take to go from growing up in a wooden caravan to piling up a few millions and having the means to pay it forward? Resilience. Work ethic. Luck. There’s even a connection to a current Kiwi F1 driver!

Lando Norris: Road to World Champion

by Nate Saunders

The fingerprints on his 2025 championship trophy haven’t been polished off—and already there’s a book! Not a bio but a race-by-race recap of a nail biter of a season.

Spellbinder, The Life of James J. Nance

by Stuart R. Blond

If the name of James Nance brings to mind “Studebaker Packard,” it’s not usually in a friendly way. He had the misfortune of presiding over the ambitious automaker’s final years—and is often enough blamed for them. There’s never been a book written about his working and personal life until now so be prepared to reevaluate that assessment.

Alwin Springer – Racing With Porsche in North America

by Alwin Springer with Wilfried Müller

From his days as journeyman mechanic to cofounding a legendary Porsche tuning company to working for Porsche directly, Springer has led Porsche to many of its most significant milestones in North America. He may be retired but he’s not done!

The Automotive Alchemist

by Andy Saunders

Andy Saunders Creative Cars dreams up custom cars that are found on show fields and in galleries and in private collections, and in his own driveway. He has many more cars to “get out of his system”—this book showcases several decades of work.

Driven

by Susie Wolff

British Woman Kart Racing Driver of the Year. Formula E Team Principal. Head of the F1 Academy. An MBE for services to Women in Sport. Do you need more reasons to want to read this bio??

Luca: Seeing Red

presented by Chris Harris

Is this documentary film about a key Ferrari leader a biopic or a bromance? In its own words it’s a love letter to the greatest car boss ever. Watch it anyway—there’s good archival footage. And it’s well lit. Being a film, this matters.

Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War

by Bruce Henderson

Can’t think of anything inspirational this Thanksgiving? Here’s a story of escape and survival against all odds that’ll make you thankful for many things, not least that you were not tested as the protagonist was.

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