Warring team-mates, cheating engineers, striking drivers, fake crashes and avoidable tragedies – Formula 1: The Controversies looks at the scandals that have rocked motor sport’s top series. Spanning 75 years of racing drama, this book explores the defining flashpoints of Formula One history, including Oscar Piastri’s contested move to McLaren and the power struggles within Red Bull. You’ll revisit bitter team‑mate battles such as Prost vs Senna, cases of industrial espionage, race‑fixing and even world champions attempting to game the qualifying process at Monaco. You’ll discover:
When the realities of funding a racing career in Lotus Cortinas and Van Diemens became apparent, Tony Dodgins opted for the typewriter. He won the Sir William Lyons award for young motoring journalists in 1979 after interviewing Frank Williams at Silverstone the day before Williams won its first grand prix. Tony joined Autosport in 1985 and became their grand prix editor. He has also been the grand prix editor for Motoring News, F1 Racing magazine (now GP Racing), On Track, and has been a regular columnist for Autosport Japan for more than 20 years. He is the editor of the renowned Autocourse yearbook, which has been published since the World Championship began in 1950. After BBC radio work, Tony became the Channel 4 race analyst working on F1 coverage alongside commentator Ben Edwards and now Alex Jacques.