Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane of Formula One

Like any book which is “officially licensed”, unsurprisingly I found this book pulled it's punches a little. It's not so much that I was expecting anything salacious, and more that you can feel the intense choreography around the passages featuring Toto Wolff, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. The portions where they mention the sport and team's efforts around diversity, equality and inclusion fall flat, as the actual implementation of this in the prominent parts of the teams are a real damp squib.

That being said, the real sickos (me) will get a lot of enjoyment out of the detailed interviews and profiles of engineers, coordinators, and everyone else that keeps these silly teams and their silly race cars afloat in this deeply silly sport we have a fascination with.