The blood and guts-full memoir of one of Britain's best-loved motor racing drivers, told with his trademark warmth and humour. Johnny Herbert was one of the most brilliant natural talents to emerge in motor racing, but for all his bravery and prowess, he's lucky to be alive. After becoming British Junior Karting Champion (losing part of a finger in the process), then the Formula 3 title for Eddie Jordan in 1987, he was all set for a glittering debut season in Formula 1 when he was caught in a mass pile-up at Brands Hatch. That horrific crash threatened to end his career, but Herbert made a miraculous recovery, was a hugely popular winner of the British Grand Prix in 1995, and enjoyed 25 years of competitive motorsport, becoming the only British driver to win the 24 hours of Le Mans followed by a Grand Prix. And all that despite driving every pace in extreme pain; in fact, as the first and only disabled driver in F1 history. While chronicling an extraordinary life behind the wheel with cheer and his trademark cheeky humour, What Doesn't Kill You... contains a wealth of stories from the hard end of Formula 1- on Johnny's team-mate Michael Schumacher, legends like Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, his fellow British adversaries Damon Hill, Martin Brundle and Nigel Mansell, and of course all those gruesome accidents. With an encyclopaedic knowledge and love of the sport, Johnny Herbert's memoir, much like the man himself, delivers brilliance from the back of the grid.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
TransWorld LTD
ISBN-13
9780593078389
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227418053
Product Key Features
Book Title
What Doesn't Kill You...: My Life in Motor Racing
Author
Johnny Herbert
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
240mm
Item Width
160mm
Item Weight
574g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Johnny Herbert
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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