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Lewis Hamilton: My Story (Hardcover)

by Lewis Hamilton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: HarperSport (5 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007270054
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007270057
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 113,487 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Murray Walker

`Lewis Hamilton is a phenomenon - nobody has come into the sport and done what he's done'


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Lewis Hamilton's explosive arrival on the Formula 1 scene has made front-page headlines. In My Story, for the first time Lewis opens up about his stunning debut season, including the gripping climax to the 2007 F1 World Championship, as well as his dad Anthony, his home life and his early years. The only book with the real story, as told by Lewis. In his first season in F1, Lewis Hamilton has thrilled the world of motor racing. With victories in Canada, America and Hungary and Japan he led the World Drivers' Championship, right up to the last race of the season. But bare statistics alone do scant justice to the amazing impact Lewis Hamilton has had on the sporting landscape this year. My Story gives the real account from Lewis himself, as he sets the record straight about his colourful life on and off the track. Given a grounded upbringing by his dedicated father in unremarkable Stevenage, Lewis tells about how he first tried out go-karting while on a cut-price family holiday in Ibiza.In his book he gives the real version of events at a motor sport dinner where, as a nine-year-old wearing a borrowed suit, he approached McLaren team boss Ron Dennis with the immortal words that were to change his life forever. He rose rapidly through the Junior and Formula ranks, dominating every series with his raw speed and canny race craft. Here Lewis candidly recalls those key moments that shaped his career and went some way towards compensating for the sacrifices made by his father Anthony in getting his son to the top. Lewis also charts how he got into the sport and was signed up by Ron Dennis, what motivates him, who are his closest friends, how he copes with the constant travelling, and the physical and mental challenges of driving a state-of-the-art Formula 1 car. He looks back in detail at the 2007 World Championship: his four race wins, the frightening crash in Germany, his rivalry with team-mate Fernando Alonso, his special relationship with Ron Dennis, and what it's like living under the spotlight of the paparazzi -- right up to the last race of the season in Brazil.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Missed opportunity ..., 20 Nov 2007
Considering this is the official offering on Hamilton, I have to say I'm not very impressed. It's OK, but the laughably large amount of blank page around the text says it all. I nailed it in an evening and felt all the unwiser about our nation's newest sporting hero as a result.
A review in The Daily Telegraph last week of all the Hamilton books currently hitting the shelves pointed to 'The Full Story' by Mark Hughes being the best of the bunch. I've now read that as well and I don't know about the other books on offer, but I do know that The Telegraph was right about the official one, Mark Hughes' book is head and shoulders above that.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Glad he drives better than he writes!, 1 Jan 2008
By Mr. D. B. Lloyd (UK) - See all my reviews
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I was extremely disappointed in this book. Thankfully it was bought as a gift.
There are at least 12 'I's on every full page. I'm sure he didn't write much of this himself, but I believe it shows the pointlessness of having a book written about your life when you're still in your 20s. No doubt that he's achieved a lot in his young life, but this is a typical 'celebrity book', and given the obesession with celebrities in the UK, there are those who will enjoy it, and good luck to them, but for me it was one of the worst books I have ever read.
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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Emma, 26 Nov 2007
By Emma (London, England) - See all my reviews
I don't understand why some are rating this book 1 star! I don't know exactly what you were expecting after all this is a 22 year old young man barely into adulthood, although understandably you would be forgiven for forgetting, his maturity belies his age. Evidently some haven't even read it at all but still feel entitled to review? Anyway I personally chose to buy the only book by the man himself (albeit ghostwritten) out of all 7 as I am thouroughly fascinated by his whole being and not just his racing. That curiosity is answered and to put it simply LEWIS IS HIS FATHER'S SON and he leaves you in no doubt at all (if ever there was any) that he is who he is in everyway because of his father, followed closely by his stepmum Linda and brother Nic. The only dissapointment I would say is the deliberate censorship of his real mum and her side of the family from the story, if you ask me that is where the juicy stuff is. So if you are looking for some warts and all story, you won't find it here but that should come as no surprise as he has shown that he is honed to perfection by the PR machine.
It is also nice to relive the joy and pain of this gone season with him so to speak, with the China nightmare poignantly standing out. That was gut wrenching for all that were rooting for him and he allows you to step on the other side, looking from the inside. A lot has been censored but as I said he's into his first year not a great stage to be spilling the beans and all and possibly not that many beans anyway. At best it is a very inspiring story of a young boy with a dream and a super solid family behind him and his dream (or their dream should I say). I shall be looking forward to the sequel, hopefully a tell-all memoir.
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5.0 out of 5 stars someone who done so much in his young age.
Im a big lewis fan. Fanily a british drive winning the f1. this book go though what he has atcheved in his life of racing. Read more
Published 13 months ago by M. barlow

5.0 out of 5 stars 1st Place!!!!
Lewis Hamilton, 22 years old, bearly an adult, but boy he's had a thrilling life so far! Many people are calling this book a missed opportunity, but they haven't read it. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Bookworm

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational
I think that this is a truly inspirational read. i am not a massive fan of formula 1 or lewis for that matter this book was my friends and i decided to have a read as it seemed... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Ms. J. A. Brown

3.0 out of 5 stars Much too sanitised and selective, though still readable (just about)
Content wise, Lewis Hamilton's `My Story' is pretty much what you'd expect from a twenty-two year old's autobiography (who happens to be a Formula 1 ace). Read more
Published 20 months ago by Chris Of The OT

1.0 out of 5 stars Already????
although listed as best seller in F1, a one star is all i can give.

I mean, don't get me wrong, Hamilton is the best thing that happened to F1 since Montoya left... Read more
Published 21 months ago by N. S. ALSINAN

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting informative book
If you are not interested in F1 then you won't find this book very interesting. However if you are an F1 fan, you will find it an interesting record of a very exciting season... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Alistair Murray

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful material
I am not a fan of Lewis Hamilton and find motor racing tedious beyond belief and supported by the worst type of dullard. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mogsy

4.0 out of 5 stars Lewis Hamilton: My Story
I understand the negative reviews here completely. However, even though the book is brief it actually benefits from this fact. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Joshua Wilding

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I am an avid fan of Hamilton, and was very disappointed when I read this. The amount of blank space there is unbeliveable! Read more
Published 22 months ago by Cadan

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth it
Lewis Hamilton - and I'm a fan - is an astonishing F1 driver. Sadly he can't write. (If it was ghost written, the ghost writer can't write!). Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. Kathleen Bearne

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