Product Description

In this meaty paperback, published to mark the tenth anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death, Christopher Hilton marries and updates four of his earlier titles about the legendary driver into one volume of more than 100,000 words. He chronicles Senna's entire story, from the wealthy childhood inBrazil to his fatal crash in 1994. It is a fast-moving and comprehensive account of an extraordinary life that will appeal to the wider public as well as to Senna fans.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19630 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
'definitive work on the great man' Octane

About the Author
Christopher Hilton is the author of Memories of Ayrton, an all-new study of Senna, published in 2003, comprised entirely of the strongest memories of people who knew him. As time goes by, reprinted six times since 1995, examines Senna's life, with interviews conducted all over Europe, Brazil and the US. Hilton lives in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.

Customer Reviews

An absolute must for all motor racing fans
An interesting, informative look at one of motor racings greatest ever drivers. The book charts Senna's rise from an early age in karting - through to formula 3000 and then to formula 1, culminating in that black day at Imola 94. This is a great account of a genuis at work. Recommended.

Good to know more about the great man.
I am the biggest F1 fan, and one of my only regrets is that i had a brief rest-bite from watching F1 in the late eighties - just about the time Senna was at his peak!.The irony being that i watched his early races and new he was something supernatural in a high powered F1 car, then in the early nighties i decided to get back into F1; the first "full" race i watched for many a year was the blackest race...Imola 1994.
In pub discussions about F1 i get so embarrassed about not knowing much about Ayrton Senna, so that's why i read this book.It literally - in a interesting well informed way - does what it says on the can:it tells you the whole story.Thanks to the Author [Christopher Hilton] the F1 whole that i have been without has now been filled.Thank you sir!. Highly recommended.

The definitive book of Senna's life.
Ayrton Senna. The name conjures up many feelings in many people, the greatest ever driver? A vicious and uncompromising racer? a warm and kind individual of many depths? After reading this book the answer is obvious - He was all of that and more, Hilton writes in such a way that you understand everything about the man. Hilton has thoroughly researched his subject, and also speaks from the position of knowing Senna. From wheeling an elderly patient in a wheelchair - to the epic and bitter battles with Prost and Mansell (and also not afraid to expose Senna's more questionable behavior either) this book covers every aspect of Ayrton's life. And more intriguingly he tackles the "second life" Senna's legend has taken on since that fateful afternoon at Tamburello some 13 years ago.

Put simply: It is one of the best books on Formula one and motoracing that I have ever read - and by far the best ever on Ayrton Senna.