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Mark Glendenning reviews Roger Smith's 'Analysing F1: Innovative insights into winners and winning in Grand Prix racing since 1950'
When I was at high school, there was a serious divide between the kids who were good at maths, and the kids who were good at English.
The two weren't mutually exclusive. There was one guy in particular, Geoff, who was exceptional at both. Not only that, but he could also play the drums, drew excellent caricatures of his classmates, and he hardly had any pimples. He also had a girlfriend, which for most kids in our class was on a par with aspiring to owning a Lamborghini Countach. Pretty much all of us hated him. (Looking back, I can't fathom what we saw in the Countach, either).
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