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Rachel Brookes

F1 Racing: Drive

The Secrets to Formula One Success

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 07/05/2026

ISBN: 9781789298567

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Biographies

Binding: Hardback

Size: 234 x 153 mm

Extent: 304 pages

Illustration: 16pp full colour plate section

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

How do twenty of the best drivers in the world drive on the same racetrack and have such different results? This is Formula One unlocked, revealing the strategy and skill behind the most successful drivers in the world.

With exclusive insider access, F1 Racing: Drive reveals the tactics of the top teams and strategies they use to optimize driver performance, explaining how drivers succeed, why they fail and those marginal adjustments that are the difference between winning and losing.

Featuring chapters on everything from defensive masterclasses and the importance of engineering and working as a team to the skills of driving in the rain and conquering mindset, this is a definitive insight into the secrets of the best drivers in F1 history.

Rachel has obtained new interviews specifically for the book with some of the biggest names in F1, including:

Drivers and Team Principals
Guenther Steiner
Toto Wolff
Lando Norris
Oscar Piastri
Valtteri Bottas
Nico Rosberg
Pedro De la Rosa
Anthony Davidson (ex-driver)
Jock Clear (veteran engineer, currently at Ferrari)

Journalists
Martin Brundle (Sky, ex-driver)
Bernie Collins (Sky Sports, F1TV, female, ex-engineer for Aston Martin)

Sit in the driver’s seat with Sky Sports F1 commentator Rachel Brookes as she examines the make-or-break moments across 75 years of Formula One and beyond. Brookes draws comparisons between modern drivers alongside their iconic predecessors in a dramatic yet detailed look at how the sport has progressed, ultimately seeking to answer the question: what makes one driver World Champion, while his teammate is stuck forever languishing behind?

Sales points:

  • Strong insider access to some of the biggest names in the sport: to the top teams – and the 20 drivers who are the face of the sport – this will get behind the wheel and behind the scenes to show how the top teams tick and the amount of preparation that goes into ninety minutes on the track.

  • The first book to explore the strategy and tactics of Formula One: bringing together exclusive access and written from an authority on the sport. This is the equivalent of what Inverting the Pyramid did for football publishing.

  • A deep dive into F1: examines the importance of everything from driver mindset to the marginal differences made by the engineers, painting a picture of the sheer talent required to become World Champion.

  • Expert author: Rachel Brookes is the F1 correspondent for Sky and is very well-connected within the sport. She has a strong online following, with 73K on Instagram and 93K on Twitter/X. Rachel will be supporting the book with PR.

About the Author:

Rachel Brookes

Rachel Brookes is currently a Formula One presenter and reporter for Sky Sports F1 and has been roving the pitlane and paddock for the past fourteen years. She has presented live from international sporting events, including over 200 Formula One Grands Prix, the football World Cup and the IPL cricket. She has worked for Sky Sports, Sky News, talkSport, Bloomberg TV and IMG, as well as Global radio and the BBC. She has covered many sports as well as F1, including football, cricket, rugby and tennis. She was previously a radio presenter for talkSport, KISS FM and Power FM.

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