Praise for Nazaré: Life and Death With the Big Wave Surfers, by Matt Majendie:
WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Like an action movie with a fast-paced pulse-racing soundtrack' - The Times
2000 workers, 24 races, two drivers, one target.
In 2025, critically acclaimed writer Matt Majendie spent a season behind the scenes with Formula One team Red Bull Racing during one of the most controversial and dramatic years in the history of the sport.
No journalist has been given the level of access that Majendie enjoyed as he found himself walking the secretive corridors of the hi-tech team factory in the UK; trackside at race after race; inside the garage, on the driver's luxury yachts, and even racing the streets of Monaco with Max Verstappen, the greatest driver of this, and perhaps any, era, as he chases history.
Join Majendie on the pit wall as Christian Horner's dominant reign as team supremo finally runs its course, as drivers come and go - youngster Liam Lawson brutally axed after just two races - and Verstappen wrestles with the limitations of a car that refuses to be tamed, fighting with rivals like Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, taking the season down to its final minutes.
From mechanics to engineers, race strategists to team leaders, head honchos to the thousands who ensure the machine turns, this is F1 racing as you've never seen it.
AUDIO EXCLUSIVES: LISTEN TO LIVE AUDIO DIARIES FROM THE TRACKSIDE AS MATT DOCUMENTS THE FINAL EXHILARATING RACES OF THE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY A BONUS Q&A WITH MATT'S EDITOR AND PUBLISHER AS THEY DISCUSS WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THERE, INSIDE RED BULL RACING, FOR THE MOST THRILLING SEASON IN F1 HISTORY... Matt Majendie has three times been nominated for the Sports Journalist of the Year Awards. His first book, Nazaré Life and Death with the Big Wave Surfers was longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Sports Book Awards. He was also the ghost writer for Sir Chris Hoy's book, All That Matters, which tells the story of the six-time world champion's diagnosis with stage four cancer and his battle to stay alive. It won Autobiography of the Year at the Sports Book Awards 2025. From award-winning writer Matt Majendie comes an unprecedented-access-all-areas look behind the scenes of F1 team Red Bull Racing for one of the most dramatic seasons ever. Award-winning writer Matt Majendie has been granted access all areas to drivers, races, team meetings, high-pressure decisions and moments of dram. This is insider sport-writing at its best Features Exclusive interviews with Verstappen, Horner, Tsunoda and the rest Authorised book: Red Bull Racing have 15 million followers on Instagram,and we expect support through events and their socials Books about F1 sell. Matt Whyman's Inside Mercedes F1 has sold 40kTCM, while Guenther Steiner's Surviving to Drive has sold over 100k TCM Publication timed for the European leg of the Grand Prix season, aheadof Father's Day in June and the British Grand Prix in July Red Bull Racing are UK-based and the most successful Formula 1 team ofthe last fifteen years, winning 8 championships
