Driving On The Edge: The Art and Science of Race Driving

Well, maybe not all of them, but I have most of the biggest ones: the Skip Barber School's "Going Faster", Ross Bentley's "Speed Secrets", and Carroll Smith's "Drive to Win". The crown jewel in my collection is Ayrton Senna's "Principles of Race Driving", which is a pricey but intriguing look into the mind of the great driver. This book, however, tops them all. Krumm covers every aspect of performance driving, from weight transfer to setup, and does it in a way that's clear and easy to understand. Even better, he backs up his instruction with specific examples, citing moments in Formula 1 races that illustrate his teaching points. This allows the reader to see in video what he's talking about in the book. He also covers techniques I hadn't heard of before. One example is how to induce understeer to help deal with a car with severe oversteer. After explaining the technique, he cites a race where Fernando Alonso used that very technique to keep his car under control in a particular corner. This book has gone to the top of my racecar instruction library, and it's hard to think anything else will top it. I wish it was available on Kindle so I could have it as a pocket reference; that's how good it is. If you're trying to learn how to drive a race car better, this book is a must-buy.

I'm just a car guy who loves to drive. I've driven on track a couple of times, and like to go on fun drives when I can find roads that aren't busy with slow drivers. I've done the Mid-Ohio High Performance and Advanced High Performance school days, as well as HPDE and one or two other high-performance driving books, but this one still taught me plenty of new things, which I even put to use in my racing simulator/rig (mainly Gran Turismo Sport). Even if you don't drive on-track, it's still an interesting read if you're a driving enthusiast.

I have read many books on driving techniques, and put much of the info from those to good use on the track. And out comes a new, up to date book on driving. I found Michael Krumm's book on the subject to be one of the best. It is thoroughly modern, relates performance to both technique and data acquisition, and is very well written. Highly recommended, and it should be on the shelf of any serious racer or track driver. His success on the track in various cars, including winning the FIA GT1 championship in a racing GT-R, gives him true credentials.

A good read. Plenty of technical information and teaching points. Establishes a good base for technique building. Would recommend it to individuals interested in maximizing there driving skill. Does not replace practice.

This text contains many hints and techniques not found in other books on race driving techniques. I've read many other books on racing techniques and I am a graduate of a very well known racing school and I still found this to be a worthy read. I found the discussion of the different techniques required by rear, front, and all-wheel drive cars to be very enlightening. The author's discussion of racing in the rain was good, too.

I'm very impressed with this books layout and information. Michael does a great job introducing a concept and giving the beginner a series of things to work on, while moving deeper and giving the more advanced driver a new technique that is used by the top professionals. There is nothing groundbreaking in this book, but it is a solid addition to anyone's driving library.

I was worried about highlighting or notes or rough wear but the book looks like it's never been opened before. Had an easily removable sticker on hard cover but otherwise is super great condition. Thanks!

Krumm really did a great job with this book and its a lot better than the book Going Faster which gets too complicated. He hits the very important points and is well sorted. A few too many pictures of him though. LOL. It gave me some insight that I needed for quicker lap times. Highly recommended reading.

My S.O does lapping for fun in a Scion FR-S and this book helped him a lot to reduce the lap time by seeing where to take the best line. The book came quickly and in good shape. Has better understanding of concepts than other so acclaimed ‘driving books’. Still reading it slowly and trying to apply them on a racing sim.

Einfach und vorallem gut geschrieben auch für Leute dies mit Englisch nicht so haben :) Wer sich mit Fahrpyhsik schon etwas auskennt lernt nicht umbedingt etwas neues aber häufig reicht es bekanntes einfach nochmal zu lesen und besser zu verstehen. Buch hat viel freude bereitet und macht Lust aufs selber fahren. Die Aufmachen wirkt schon recht hochwärtig. Kann man jeden Rennsportfazinierten durchaus mal schenken.

Great book!

That's a proper racing book!

Was recommended by a friend of the author. And is a very interesting and good in depth book