A Year Inside Formula 1

Surviving to Drive

**THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 
 
THE BOOK COVERED ON SEASON SIX OF DRIVE TO SURVIVE ON NETFLIX 
 
Includes a BRAND NEW chapter with Guenther&rsquo;s review of the 2023 Formula 1 season. 
 
'Gripping to read. Funny, real, exciting. It's a brilliant book.' - Chris Evans 
 
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'People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes...' 
 
Guenther Steiner is one of motor racing's biggest and most celebrated characters, known to millions for his show-stealing appearances on Netflix's hugely popular fly on the wall series, Drive to Survive. 
 
In Surviving to Drive, the Haas team principal takes readers inside his Formula 1 team for the entirety of the 2022 season, giving an unobstructed view of what really takes place behind the scenes. Through this unique lens, Guenther takes us on the thrilling rollercoaster of life at the heart of high stakes motor racing. 
 
Packed full of twists and turns, from hiring and firing drivers, balancing books, pre-season preparations, the design, launch and testing of a car - and of course, the race calendar itself - this is the first time that an F1 team has allowed an acting team principal to tell the full story of a whole season. 
 
Uncompromising and searingly honest, told in Steiner's inimitable style, this is a fascinating and hugely entertaining account of the realities of running a Formula 1 team. 
 
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'Fearless and candid... A gleeful guide to a bonkers sport from a loveable rogue insider.' - The Times 
 
'Very colourful. Like having a conversation with Steiner.' - Radio 4, Today 
 
Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, April 2023

Fearless and candid, Surviving to Drive reads like the night-time confessions of a football manager who is fighting to stay in the Premier League. A gleeful guide to a bonkers sport from a loveable rogue insider.

It's gripping to read. It's funny, it's real, it's exciting. It's a brilliant book.

Very colourful. Like having a conversation with Steiner.

Lifts the lid on life as a Formula One team principal. The book gives us honest, unfiltered Steiner.

There are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, witty comments and rants galore. Just like Steiner is one of a kind , there's never been a book quite like this!

The new face of Formula One. The breakout star of Netflix's hit F1 series Drive to Survive. He is brutally honest.

A rare example of an active F1 boss putting his thoughts into print.

A swearily quotable account of the hiring, firing and stresses of the Formula One pit lane.

Guenther Steiner is a motorsport team manager and former mechanic hailing from Merano in northern Italy. From 2014 to the end of 2023 he was the team principal of the Haas Formula One Team, having previously been managing director of Jaguar Racing and technical operations director of its subsequent incarnation, Red Bull Racing. In 2014, Guenther persuaded Gene Haas, owner of Haas Automation and NASCAR championship winning team Stewart-Haas Racing, to enter Formula 1. 
 
With their entry in the 2016 season, Haas became the first American constructor to compete in F1 in 30 years. The team took eight points at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix with a 6th-place finish, becoming the first American entry, and the first constructor overall since Toyota Racing in 2002, to score in their debut race. Steiner is also a prominent figure in the cast of the successful Netflix series Drive to Survive.

**THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 
 
'Gripping to read. Funny, real, exciting. It's a brilliant book.' - Chris Evans 
 
'Fearless and candid... A gleeful guide to a bonkers sport from a loveable rogue insider.' - The Times 
 
--- 
 
'People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes...' 
 
Guenther Steiner is one of motor racing's biggest and most celebrated characters, known to millions for his show-stealing appearances on Netflix's hugely popular fly on the wall series, Drive to Survive. 
 
In Surviving to Drive, the Haas team principal takes readers inside his Formula 1 team for the entirety of the 2022 season, giving an unobstructed view of what really takes place behind the scenes. Through this unique lens, Guenther takes us on the thrilling rollercoaster of life at the heart of high stakes motor racing. 
 
Packed full of twists and turns, from hiring and firing drivers, balancing books, pre-season preparations, the design, launch and testing of a car - and of course, the race calendar itself - this is the first time that an F1 team has allowed an acting team principal to tell the full story of a whole season. 
 
Uncompromising and searingly honest, told in Steiner's inimitable style, this is a fascinating and hugely entertaining account of the realities of running a Formula 1 team. 
 
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'Very colourful. Like having a conversation with Steiner.' - Radio 4, Today

Guenther Steiner

Honest, frank and funny, Unfiltered is a not-too-serious take on a sport that has raced into our psyche.

In Unfiltered, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of team Hass, immerses readers in the highs and lows of its first decade on the grind, and opens up about his departure from the team in 2023.

Guenther Steiner should come with a storm warning. A funny, well-informed observer of life as well as racing’

My Incredible Decade in Formula 1

THE UNMISSABLE NEW BOOK FROM GUENTHER STEINER, AUTHOR OF THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SURVIVING TO DRIVE. WITH A FOREWORD BY TOTO WOLFF. 
 
Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog, Guenther Steiner, takes you on a wild ride through his ten years at Team Haas. 
 
From the first seeds of his idea to establish a new F1 team to the challenges of funding and building that team from the ground up, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of Team Haas, immerses readers in the high and lows of its first decade on the grid, and opens up about his departure from the team at the end of 2023. 
 
As Guenther recalls his proudest achievements and the many, many disasters he has faced, he takes readers behind the scenes, into the pit lanes and garages, and out on to the circuits of the world's greatest race tracks. We spend time with drivers, mechanics, executives, sponsors, commentators and fans, and take in many personal moments too, all the while grappling with the big challenges and small details that keep the wheels of a Formula 1 team turning. 
 
Told in his inimitable style, packed with hugely entertaining stories, outspoken opinions and unvarnished truths, this is Guenther at his very best – insightful, opinionated and completely unfiltered.

Guenther Steiner

Praise for Unfiltered

Honest, frank and funny, Unfiltered is a not-too-serious take on a sport that has raced into our psyche.

In Unfiltered, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of team Hass, immerses readers in the highs and lows of its first decade on the grind, and opens up about his departure from the team in 2023.

Guenther Steiner should come with a storm warning. A funny, well-informed observer of life as well as racing’

Honest, frank and funny, Unfiltered is a not-too-serious take on a sport that has raced into our psyche.

In Unfiltered, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of team Hass, immerses readers in the highs and lows of its first decade on the grind, and opens up about his departure from the team in 2023.

Guenther Steiner should come with a storm warning. A funny, well-informed observer of life as well as racing’

Honest, frank and funny, Unfiltered is a not-too-serious take on a sport that has raced into our psyche.

In Unfiltered, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of team Hass, immerses readers in the highs and lows of its first decade on the grind, and opens up about his departure from the team in 2023.

Guenther Steiner should come with a storm warning. A funny, well-informed observer of life as well as racing’

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