Product Description

This title includes Lewis Hamilton's remarkable story - with an updated chapter about his World Championship win. No driver has ever made such an instant impact on the sport of motor racing as Lewis Hamilton. The first black Formula One driver, his astonishing level of success in his first two seasons together with his swash-buckling, attacking style has created a sensation. Here is the in-depth story of this phenomenon - from his upbringing on a Stevenage council estate and the day he first sat in a go-kart as a seven-year-old to his sensational World Championship win. Friends, colleagues, team-mates, rivals and engineers give remarkable insights into Lewis the man and the driver, as well as the close relationship with father Anthony, the man who largely steered his career. Jonathan Legard was Radio 5 Live's first Sports News Correspondent. He became 5 Live's Motor Racing correspondent in 1997, providing live commentary on every Formula One Grand Prix and presenting 5 Live's Formula One. It includes bonus extra chapter specially written for this edition. 'if you want the whole story, buy this...' - "Independent".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #187173 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-11
• Format: Audiobook
• Binding: Audio CD

Review
"'Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of Tiger Woods-like status: forget his skin colour, it's about the emergence of a phenomenon. He's in the process of transcending the whole sport, imprinting himself into the consciousness of people who would normally have little or no interest in Formula One.' The Sunday Times, April 15, 2007"

Customer Reviews

A different league ...
I was reading the F1 Fanatic website the other day and came across a cracking review of this book that signed-off with this: 'If you are thinking of getting a Hamilton book, please don't be duped into thinking the official book will automatically be the best option. "The Full Story" is a far better choice.'
Having now read both of them, I can categorically say that F1 Fanatic and The Telegraph (from the review I can see above) are unquestionably correct. Mark Hughes' book is excellent and blows Hamilton's ghostwritten offering out of the water.

Full Story?
I ask you how this can possibly be the "full story" when Hamilton has only started what promises to be a long and successful Formula 1 career. As well written and informative as this book may be, the title is absurd and amounts to an insult to sound thinking.