Product Description

At 23, James Toseland was the youngest ever winner of the World Superbike Championship and with more racing experience than riders twice his age, has overtaken previous champions Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson to become the next biking superstar. Toseland's success has been driven by a lifetime of tragedy. Using racing as a release, he became a fearless daredevil and had moved his way up through the ranks of British Superbikes by the time he was sixteen. But there was even more turmoil to come - a career of dramatic crashes and a collision in Monza, Italy which left James seriously injured and his Honda team-mate dead. This is a story of genius, tragedy and James' overwhelming will to succeed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #209784 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
James Toseland will be racing for Winston Ten Kate Honda in 2006 and has high hopes of replicating his Superbike World Championship victory. Ted Macaulay is one of the best known motor-racing journalists in the UK and his articles have appeared in almost all the national newspapers.

Customer Reviews

James Toseland a truly down to earth guy
An absolutely fantastic read, makes you realise not everyone is handed stardom on a plate.
James truly deserves all the luck like his bike racing he is amazing, he is just so down to earth takes life in his stride.
once you pick the book up you wont put it down.

Never Meet Your Hero
Being a bike fan I was so please when I got to interview JT a few months back where he also signed his autobiography for me.
Unfortunately I am so underwhelmed by this read; there seems to be no anecdotes of goings on behind the scenes, no funny stories or surprises that lighten the book up or give a hint as to his personality.
Much of the book recites races in the form of position qualified, first race result, second race result.... next race.
I know you're a bike racer James, and yes you did win the WSBK championship! But is there anything else of interest? - in this book 'no'.
Furthermore, I got bored of reading how calm he always is and how meek he is in crowds.
This book does'nt need updating for his MotoGP year; it needs rewriting!

The Valentino Rossi, Carl Fogarty etc. books put this one into my bargain bin I'm afraid.