This time, Diego Alverà takes us to Adelaide with Prost, Mansell, and Piquet

Don’t miss “Prost, Mansell, and Piquet: Adelaide 1986, the Most Uncertain F1 World Championship Ever” (66thand2nd): it’s now available in bookstores and on all platforms. It was written by Diego Alverà, one of the leading Formula One experts around and the author of such in-depth works as *Giro di pista: Circuits and Drivers Who Made the History of Speed*, *The Fuji Novel—Lauda, Hunt, F1 1976*, and *Ronnie Peterson*. That Final Straight and Others.

“In Adelaide, Australia, within the green heart of Victoria Park, the final Formula 1 Grand Prix of the year takes place. Fighting for the title, in a season that has never been so uncertain and fiercely contested, are three drivers separated in the overall standings by just a handful of points. Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, and Nelson Piquet have different stories and represent three distinct worlds of speed,” explains Alverà.

“Prost, who already has a World Championship to his credit, is a precise and reliable driver, attentive to race tactics and strategies,” adds the Veronese writer. Mansell, on the other hand, is determined and impetuous, one of those drivers who never takes his foot off the gas, while Piquet, who is chasing his third personal title, loves daring overtakes, controversy, and the good life. Their ‘three-way battle,’ which will be decided in the most unique and unexpected way, not only takes us back to a bygone era of Formula 1—one that was risky and fascinating—but also shows how racing and rivalries sometimes yield to the unfathomable design of fate.”