- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan (25 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333901886
- ISBN-13: 978-0333901885
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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- #88 in Books > Biography > Sport > Formula One & Other Motor Racing
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Strictly for motor racing fans, especially those who bought his best-selling memoirs Life at the Limit four years ago, because the Grand Prix neurosurgeon plunges straight into recollections of major crashes, then memories of the great drivers he has known, and finally a race-by-race account of the Millennium season. Watkins has such broad access to the motor racing fraternity that every section is an insider account, especially when he goes to the aid of Michael Schumacher in the famous 1999 Silverstone crash and recommends a heart bypass operation for Bernie Ecclestone in the same year. Most of the anecdotes are tinged with medical matters, making them all the more unusual and reducing some of the Grand Prix heroes to very basic levels. Covering safety issues as well, the motor racing doctor takes fans on the inside track into aspects and hazards they would never normally know about.
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This text takes a look at some of the Grand Prix in the years 1996-2000 in Formula One racing. It includes Schumacher's epic crash at Silverstone in 1999. The author also looks back at his own career and discusses some of the great drivers he has known.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Prof Watkins' account of Formula One has made me become very interested in this sport, despite knowing nothing about it whatsoever before I read this excellent book and his other- Life at the Limit. His role of being the chief medical man at every Formula One meeting, and his invaluable help with all the tremendous safety innovations which have revolutionarised the sport, make him a leading man- no one better could write such a book. Added to this is his wicked sense of humour which shines through every page and kept me giggling throughout the book, and what is created is a must-have guide for anyone interested in Grand Prix. Read it and see for yourself...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, Sid is a great storyteller. If you're looking for a different F1 book than this is the one for you!! I liked reading about different drivers reactions after a crash, and how some still managed to be on top of things. It's a great read and I'd recommend it to anyone who's into F1.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I thought this book was terrific. Sid is really one of the most important guys in F1 - so much depends on his decisions. Here you get an inside track to his mind and his thoughts about the dangerous nature of the sport which he loves. It's a great story - read it!!!
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Very Interesting
I loved this - although you would need to be a F1 and interested in health and safety otherwise it could be a tough read. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2006 by Jeremy
A clingfilm-thin follow-up to a previous worthwhile book.
Prof Sid should be worth a read. He has seen more of the action and characters of F1, closer up, than anyone - even Murray Walker or B. Ecclestone. ... Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2001 by C. Nation
Worth a read - but insightful it ain't
I bought this book on the d/w recommendation that Prof. Watkins was "...infinitely more interesting than most of the drivers". Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2001 by tagwhan@clara.co.uk
Worth waiting for ............ maybe not !
Professor Sid Watkins ......... everyone in F1 knows the name, he is synonomous with motorsport at every level, who better to give an insight into the dangerous world of this fast... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2001
not bad, but not so good either
If you have read the author's (excelent and highly recommended) previous book "Life at the limit" then this book might disapoint you. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2001 by Spyros Potamianos
Disapointing
I felt cheated after buying this book in hardcover. I thoroughly enjoyed Sid's first book, full of inside stories and anecdotes. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2001 by David Poles
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