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How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer

by Adrian Newey · 2017

An engineering memoir by Adrian Newey. The HarperCollins UK ebook record documents November 2017 publication.

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Randolph praises the book’s problem-solving account, including for readers who do not follow Formula One.

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Marc Randolph · 2026-03-24 · accessed 2026-10-01

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