‘Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing vehicles. He is super competitive but by no means forgets to have a great time. An hugely likeable man.’ Damon Hill

The world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably among Britain’s greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir.

How to Build an automobile explores the story of Adrian’s unrivalled 35-12 months career in Formula 1 through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has about how exactly to Create a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Method 1 Developer worked alongside and the races where he’s been involved.

A true anatomist genius, actually in adolescence Adrian’s thoughts naturally emerged in form and form – he began sketching his own car styles at the age of 12 and took a welding training course in his college summer vacations. From his early profession in IndyCar racing and on to his unmatched success in Formula One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car really works. Adrian offers designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Tag Webber and Sebastian Vettel, generally with a shark-like purity of purpose: to help make the car go faster. Even though his career continues to be marked by unbelievable triumphs, there are also deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna’s loss of life during his period at Williams in 1994.

Attractively illustrated with never-before-seen drawings, How to Build an automobile encapsulates, through Adrian’s remarkable life story, just what makes Formula One so thrilling – its potential for the total synchronicity of man and machine, an ideal mix of style, efficiency and speed.