Survive. Drive. Win.

Name: Survive. Drive. Win.
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The Inside Story of Brawn GP and Jenson Button's Incredible F1 Championship Win

By Nick Fry

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Survive. Drive. Win. chronicles the remarkable 2009 Formula 1 season through the eyes of Nick Fry, former CEO of Brawn GP. The memoir details how Fry and Ross Brawn transformed a near-collapse of their team into an extraordinary championship victory after Honda's sudden withdrawal. Readers gain a behind-the-scenes view of the relationships with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, the fierce competition among teams, and dealings with key figures such as Bernie Ecclestone. The book also explores collaborations with legends Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, offering an insider’s perspective on the high-octane world of elite motorsport.
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This book is ideal for sports enthusiasts, particularly fans of Formula 1 and motor racing history, as well as readers interested in leadership and business triumphs under pressure.

The extraordinary inside story of Brawn GP's shock 2009 F1 championship win, by the former team CEO.

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The full story of F1's incredible 2009 championship battle has never been told. Until now. In this gripping memoir, Nick Fry, the former CEO of Brawn GP, reveals how he found himself in the driving seat for one of the most incredible journeys in the history of motor sport.

In Survive. Drive. Win., Nick gives an up-close-and-personal account of how he and Ross Brawn turned disaster into championship glory when they set up Brawn GP in just thirteen weeks after Honda suddenly pulled out of F1. Along the way, he gives the inside track on the drivers, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, the rivalries between teams, on negotiating with Bernie Ecclestone, the deal with Mercedes, and working with two global superstars: Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton.

Nick Fry offers a unique and thrilling perspective on an elite global sport.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786498922

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 July 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Atlantic Books

Edition: Main

Illustration: 2x8pp colour plates

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Motorsport Nick Fry Non-Fiction Sports

About the Author

Nick Fry was appointed the managing director of the BAR Formula One team in 2002, which became the Honda F1 Racing Team in 2006. When Honda pulled out of F1 in 2008, Fry led a management buy-out with Ross Brawn, becoming CEO of the Brawn GP team. After the sale of the team to Mercedes he became CEO of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport before leaving in 2013. He is currently chairman of the professional e-sports team Fnatic.

Ed Gorman was a foreign news correspondent for The Times, covering wars in Afghanistan, the Balkans and Sri Lanka, before becoming the paper's sailing and Formula One writer. He attended sixty consecutive F1 races between 2006-09. In recent years he has been editorial director of the sports management company OC Sport and has published a memoir, Death of a Translator.