Start with high-confidence auto racing books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
How to Build a Car: the Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
Adrian Newey
The Formula
Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg
On the Grid
Luke Smith, Joe Eyre
Inside Mercedes F1
Matt Whyman
Racing to the Finish
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan McGee
Formula One: the Champions
Maurice Hamilton, Bernard Cahier
The Story of Porsche
Luke Smith
Driven
Susie Wolff