Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving: Completely Revised and Updated with New Technology for the 1990s

by Bob Bondurant

Book Overview

For more than 35 years, Le Mans champion and former Formula One driver Bob Bondurant has been the most successful high-performance driving instructor in the world. The Bob Bondurant School of High... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879387513
• ISBN13: 9780879387518
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

must have!!!

if u really want to start out on hi-per driving u must get this one above all!!!

Great book for those of us who will never see F1

It has been a while since I read this book, but I disagree with those who only see it as a plug for Bondurant's racing school. This is a well-written explanation of vehicle dynamics, and contains a wealth of information that is useful in everyday driving. I have tried to apply what I learned from this book in various low-buck automotive sport competitions, and frankly I just don't have what it takes to excel in motorsports. I do appreciate, however, Bondurant's efforts to explain everything from seating position, to how to place your hand on the sift knob, to proper line through the corner to gain the fastest exit speed. I believe reading this book has been at least as much benefit to my every day driving skill as the mega-buck 3-day race car driving school I took a few years back.

Great place to start

If you're interested in learing to drive race cars, this book is a great place to start. It teaches you the basic skills such as proper seating and hand placement, heel toe downshifting, cornering and other fundamentals. There is, however, no substitute for actual hands-on training and wheel time, and the book emphasizes this. I did get the impression that this book was a 144 page plug for Bondurant and his school which is why I only gave it 4 stars. But overall, a very good book for beginners.

VERY USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW A CAR RUNS

I WAS PRESENTED THIS BOOK FROM ONE OF MY BEST FRIEND. I'VE APPRECIATED HIM UNTIL NOW. IT WAS A FIRST BOOK ABOUT DRIVING FOR ME. IT DESCRIBES WELL HOW YOU CAN MANAGE WEIGHT-TRANSFER OF YOUR CAR, HOW THE TIRE PRESSURE AND GRIP CHANGES WHILE CARS ARE RUNNING, HOW TO USE BASIC RACING SKILLS LIKE HANDLING, DOUBLE CLUTCH, HEEL AND TOE AND STUFF. IT WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND BASIC RACING SKILLS AND MAKE YOU ADAPT THIS TO YOUR CAR ON THE STREET. AND IT'S VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. BUY IT NOW!

Ideal for translating racing principles to every day driving

A primer on the dynamics of car control. This is simply the best book that I've read for translating racetrack skills to your every day street driving. Senna's book is excellent for race car and race track, but doesn't translate to the street as well as Bondurant's book. Drive to Win is also very good, but Bondurant does it best. A must for anyone who wants to improve their driving knowledge and skills.