How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer

by Adrian Newey

You have to give the engine about 5,500rpm, which is like trying to move off at the rev limit for a normal road car. Even then you’re barely touching the throttle.

The clutch at that time was still a left-foot pedal – these days it’s on the steering wheel.

distraction is the enemy of performance:

Tyres behave in a non-linear way, which means that if the load on the tyres is doubled during cornering they don’t offer twice the cornering force.