- Hardcover: 258 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan; 1st edition (21 Jun 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333657748
- ISBN-13: 978-0333657744
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 168,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work offers the memoirs of Grand Prix's on-track doctor, Professor Sid Watkins. If there is a crash, it is Watkins who gets there first. He is closely involved in improving safety at the circuits and in developing rapid response medical rescue.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Viewing Grand Prix motor racing through the wonderfully perceptive eyes of Professor Watkins means that anyone interested in the sport should read this excellent account. Obviously respected, often revered by those with whom he works, he gives vivid and sometimes moving recollections spanning the many years of his involvement. Humour and pathos make regular appearances; his dry wit, an essential tool of his trade perhaps, serves to punctuate what is essentially a serious book. His incisive précis of drivers from the last three decades makes for compulsive reading, the character analyses are intriguing and revealing. Undoubtedly a pivotal character in the world of Formula One, the professor has been instrumental in saving many lives. However, he's also witnessed intimately the consequences of appalling accidents in which lives were lost. He is perhaps uniquely qualified to commentate on the sport, his dedication and professionalism making him a hero in this modern amphitheatre which now embraces the globe. Superbly readable. Once is not enough.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you like your F1 and have a favourite driver then you'll probably be able to carry on supporting the driver for longer because of the work of this man. Not only has he been able to make F1 safer but he can write too. An interesting story well recounted. I can recommend it wholeheartedly.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
In this book you can review almost all incidents from 1978 up to 1997 getting the medical point of view from Prof. Sid Watkins. Specialls details about Senna and Villeneuve good reading
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Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in Formula One
A fascinating book and I am really pleased I purchased it. Would recommend to anyone interested in Formula One and the development of its safety procedures
Published 3 months ago by Su Sedgwick
Item as described
Item delivered promptly and the condition was as described. Would be happy to user this supplier again in the future
Published 8 months ago by lbird
F1, The Drivers, Amusing Stories & The Battle for Safety
Sid Watkins 'The Prof' has done more for F1 driver safety than probably any other man alive. An eminent Neurological surgeon, Sid was the man in the medical car that all loved but... Read more
Published 9 months ago by T. Wright
Great read
Prof Sid Watkins has seen a lot of tradgedy in motor racing but has still kept his scouse sense of humour. Read more
Published on 10 May 2008 by Bodd
Just Great
I bought this book, thinking that it would be a different view of the sport, and how right I was. It was a great read, although sometimes a bit too technical for a non medical... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2004 by R. Sore
he should have waited till he retired and written THE book.
I read Prof Sid's 2nd book first. Like that one, I read it at one sitting and then left it on the plane. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2002 by C. Nation
A must read for any motorsport fan
Professor Watkins is the official doctor for the Formula One Grand Prix circus as it travels the world. Read more
Published on 1 May 2000 by John Peter O'connor
Unmissable
This book is touching, funny and informative. Whilst being written from a safety point of view it provides a fascinating insight into Formula one from the mid-seventies right up to... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2000
Unusual, fascinating and often moving
Professor Sid Watkins has been involved with safety and medical care in Formula 1 for twenty years. He knows the drivers well, and has had occasion to rescue or treat many of... Read more
Published on 21 April 1999
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