We did a day of testing with McLaren at Silverstone, we had contact with Eddie Jordan, Flavio [Briatore, boss of Benetton]. Like a true Dutch Master, he has brought fresh artistry into F1 and made this most glamorous of sports even more exciting.

Prior to reading James Gray’s book, I didn’t know much of Max’s background other than he was super fast karter that had regular clashes on track with a young Charles Leclerc.Hamilton, knowing a crash that ended both their races would hand Verstappen the title, veered away from the corner.

due to a lack of funding or political influence though, or just because he was such a talented karter and thoroughly enjoyed the success at that level, he was content to remain on the karting track until much later.An excellent account of Max Verstappen's prodigious career and very insightful on what F1 and motor racing meant in the Netherlands before and now during Max's run in F1. Verstappen then started dating Kvyat’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, and is now stepfather to Kvyat’s son.

After another five minutes on track he had matched Aguri Suzuki, the man usually behind the wheel of the car he had been given. He was going from 175 brake horsepower to 750, more than four times as much power under his right foot, as well as having to deal with a semi-automatic gearbox, traction control and carbon brakes. All the testing went into the [mid-season] rule changes, not into helping me get confident in the car to make me faster.Material on this site includes photos of books and selected photographs for the purposes of comment, review and critique as permitted by applicable copyright laws. There is no financial relationship between this site and any book publisher or retailer however to help keep this site running, F1-nut. Hughes has written a number of F1-related books: Speed Addicts won Best Illustrated Book at the 2006 British Sports Book Awards; Lewis Hamilton, The Full Story was released in 2008; and he co-authored Crashed And Byrned, which won the 2008 William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year. Back then, the entire street was closed off and there was a large tent running across the length of it.

He was 10desperate to get back into an F1 car as soon as possible, with his reputation for raw speed ensuring his name was never far from the newspapers and magazines when someone was struggling.Max Verstappen was trying to chase down Lewis Hamilton in the final stages of the most dramatic title race of the modern era, the two drivers perfectly level on points before the race but the British driver now ahead on the track. It didn’t dive too deep but enough that it gave a whole picture of not only Max but his parents methods and RBR. Sports journalist James Gray seeks to understand the outspoken nature and aggressive driving style that make Verstappen a must-watch before, during and after races, and why his Dutch fans, who turn up to cheer him on in their orange-clad droves, are quite so fanatical. However as a native Dutch speaker i can see the translations of the dutch sources ( for example quotes of his mum ) are being done by a bot or google translate or so. Hughes’ immaculate credentials and first-rate access enable him to generate fresh and fascinating insights, and to paint a fully-rounded and richly-textured portrait of one of the most exciting young sportsmen on the planet.