If informed F1 observers think they know most but not all of the fine detail within such a secretive and complex business, then read Marc Priestley's 'The Mechanic'. They'll come away realising they don't know the half of it.
Priestley, better known as 'Elvis', was part of the McLaren team from 2000 to 2009, working his way from the test crew to a number 1 mechanic on the race team. During that time, he witnessed a remarkable cross-section of success and failure played out in an era that began by floating extravagantly on tobacco money and ended in a more intense regime governed by the ruthless watching eye of social media.