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Can you imagine being behind the wheel of one of the fastest cars on the planet Hairpins will put you there Brake early or brake late for the next corner at Monaco Overtake now or wait for the long straight at Silverstone Ride along with two young drivers as they navigate the highly competitive often cut throat on and off track world of Formula 1 racing Every chapter takes you to another legendary track and exotic location around the world McLaren shocked the entire racing community when they put little known eighteen year old Nikita Madera behind the wheel of their Formula 1 car Is Niki an upcoming phenom or was she chosen simply to distract the media from a brewing scandal on the team Meanwhile over at Alfa Romeo Joshua Shu Wheeler must find a way to turn his flailing Formula 1 career around or he ll end up back in the Florida trailer parks he escaped from When I started writing Hairpins my goals were to put the reader inside the cockpit of a Formula 1 car and to help educate those new to the sport but along the way the complex relationships among friends rivals teammates and family wove their way into the pages Enjoy a look inside the high octane champagne bubble filled world of Formula 1 racing HAIRPINSFormula 1 racing much like other forms of auto racing is mostly a male dominated sport but there are some women who are breaking barriers and succeeding in the business This fictional novel by Wayne Kerr centers around a young woman Nikita Niki Madera and her races in the highest level in the sport. Hairpins for hair Niki her McLaren teammate Martin LaConte and Alfa Romeo driver Joshua Shu Wheeler are characters that are well developed in the story and there is a budding romance between Niki and Shu despite the fact that they are teammates There are other important characters to the story such as Niki s best friend and manager Lynn and Camryn Cardinal another female driver. Hairpins motor However the main selling point of the book is what happens in the racing simulator and on the track There is a lot of detailed information on what Niki Shu and the other drivers are doing This includes conversations between the driver and spotter the strategies made by each team and great detailed explanations on the cars the tracks and the various hazards that each driver faces The reader will really feel like they are part of the team or sitting in the cockpit of the car or simulator through most of the book There is enough technical talk that knowledgeable race fans can learn but not so technical that novice or non fans can still understand what is happening. Hairpins rayleigh If one is looking for a dramatic character driven story this is not the one But for an excellent description of a driver s experience during a Formula 1 season then this is the book for that reader Despite the story being fictional the description of the tracks cars and race teams feels very realistic I wish to thank the author and publisher for providing a review copy of the book The opinions expressed are strictly my own Wayne A D Kerr I received an advance review copy for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Hairpins courtenay If you don t have enough with this year s Formula 1 season this is your book Even if I was expecting a bit of a character driven plot I got so invested with the races and qualifications that I didn t minded as much as I thought I just wanted to know the characters a bit out of the circuit There is a lot of F1 talk so if you like it you will love this but even if you don t know the technical terms you will learn a lot Wayne A D Kerr