The Formula

BOOK SUMMARY

Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting motor racing saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America, detailing the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, glamorous settings, engineering geniuses, and bitter rivalries that have made F1 the world’s fastest-growing sport.

For decades in America, car racing meant NASCAR, with Formula 1 a distant contender. Fast forward to today, and F1 has surged to the front of the pack, powered by a passionate new American fanbase and decades of reinvention behind the scenes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joshua Robinson is the European sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Sports Illustrated. Jonathan Clegg is an editor for The Wall Street Journal, and his work has also appeared in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, and FourFourTwo magazine. They are the co-authors of The Club, Messi vs. Ronaldo, and The Formula.

PRAISE

“Entertaining…I binged this book faster than I watched Drive to Survive.”
—Financial Times

“No one explains exactly what’s happening in global sports like the duo of Clegg and Robinson.”
—Kevin Clark, ESPN

“This definitive history of Formula 1 is deeply researched and reported.”
—Sports Illustrated

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Hardcover
304 pages
Non-fiction
9 in H | 6 in W | 0.9 in T | 0.9 lb