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Book Review - 'The Mechanic', by Marc Priestley
Marc Priestley has published an account of his years as a mechanic with McLaren, from pranks and revenge with Kimi Raikkonen to an employee’s perspective on the 2007 season, from Spygate to intra-team tensions. As a devoted bookworm, my early F1 passion was fuelled not only by the action on track, but also by the human narratives surrounding the sport. Early in my fandom I trawled through Amazon and charity shops for any and every Formula 1 story I could find, from drivers’ biographies to heavyweight tomes on the internal politics and power plays. In those early years, one of the most enjoyable books I read was Steve Matchett’s A Mechanic’s Tale, an account of life on the road with...
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