Britain's Winning Formula

Achieving World Leadership in Motorsports

M. Beck-Burridge, J. Walton

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN:
  9780333712702
• eBook ISBN:
  9780230285934
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

The international financial value of Grand Prix racing has grown substantially in recent years. This book will focus upon the massive size, value, importance and impact of the industry. It will also investigate the dominance of UK based Research and Development and design and the development of team strategy and tactics. The authors have based their analysis upon very up-to-date research involving interviews with key individuals at the highest level and visibility within the industry and focus upon the key management themes of teamworking, leadership, strategy and innovation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Britain’s Winning Formula
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Regulations for Individual Competitors, Safety for Spectators by the Thousand
• 3 Hardware and the Evolution of Technology: from 1946 to the Benchmarks of the 1990s: the Cars and Components
• 4 A World Beyond Grand Prix: rallying
• 5 Touring Cars: a Main Event
• 6 The Thoroughbreds: Formula Single Seaters
• 7 A Sporting Chance: Sports and Grand Touring Cars
• 8 Changing the Rules: Management, Business and Sponsorship
• 9 Constructors, Customers and Suppliers: Interactions of Technologies and Hardware
• 10 Resources and Technical Infrastructures: from Motor Club to Race Circuit
• 11 Key Company Profiles and Statistics
• 12 Philosophy for 2000: Why is Britain Good at Motorsport Engineering and Management?
• 13 The Benefits to the United Kingdom of the Motor Sport Industry
• 14 The Future of Britain’s Motorsport Industry: National Pride Before a Fall?
• Appendix
• Index