Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #174065 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-14
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Sir Stirling Moss
A nail-biting account of driving the great race-tracks of the world, told through a Formula One driver's eyes.

Sunday Express
"a fascinating look at his experiences in and out of the car. A must for any F1 fan"

Synopsis
Martin Brundle first came to the public's attention when he raced wheel-to-wheel with Ayrton Senna and gave the great Brazilian the toughest challenge of his early career. A regular podium winner with Williams, McLaren, Jordan and Brabham, Brundle began commentating with Murray Walker in 1997. He is now ITV's main commentator and speaks to an estimated 40 million English-speaking people around the world. In this unique book the reader will have his armchair converted to the laid-down cockpit of a Formula One car and be swept around the world's classic motor racing circuits. He will experience the extraordinary sensations, the adrenaline and the atmosphere as told by the sport's best analyst. Together with F1's respected journalist, Maurice Hamilton, Brundle brings his infallible humour and insight, his experiences and opinion, to each of the circuits and its classic races. From the camber at Monaco, which will leave your wheels hanging in the air, to Melbourne and the dynamics behind the most dramatic crash of the decade.

Encompassing such essential details as neck-snapping acceleration, smashing cars worth a quarter of a million and the amount of sweat a driver will lose in a race, this is a rare F1 book - funny, opinionated, evocative and dramatic.

Customer Reviews

A surprisingly good little book
I really enjoyed reading this little book. I found it entertaining, insightful and occasionally sad. It brilliantly tells the story of formula 1 racing from a drivers' perspective based around the circuits in the F1 calender at various points in martins' F1 career. Each chapter uses a different circuit. In this way, the book can be read in large chunks or left on the coffee table to be read one chapter at a time. I particularly liked the way martin weaves technical snippets into an otherwise un-technical and candid story. Genius.

Brundle's Surprise
The theme of this book will provide some mystery to those expecting an autobiography. He writes in some detail about several of the grand prix circuits and his experiences at them. Newer circuits are therefore not included, although do we want his views on the "designed" circuits like Bahrain, Indianapolis GP, Turkey etc? The writing is good and involving, but I really wanted to know more about Mr Brundle, his feelings on his career, the slightly disappointing Grand prix results and maybe some thoughts on the successful commentating, Murray Walker and even James Hunt. I liked this, but when is the autobiography coming, Martin?

Where was the proof-reader?!
This refers to the hardback version - hopefully someone has improved things for the paperback version - but I was shocked at how many errors there were in this book. At one point there's a sentence which, no matter how many times I read it, just makes no sense, to the extent that I can't even work out what Martin was *trying* to say!

Despite the bad proofing, this is an interesting book even for people who aren't dedicated petrolheads but just enjoy watching Formula 1. It's easy to dip in and out of and gives an interesting background in particular to races which are still on the calendar.