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This is a stunning book. It is history but reads like a 'can`t put it down' novel - hardly surprising considering it grippingly features the two greatest racing motor cyclists of all time, Mike Hailwood and Valentino Rossi. Rick Broadbent tells the enthralling story of a thrilling and dangerous sport like never before and it had me by the throat. --Murray Walker
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A high-octane revelation of the feuds, danger, politics and adrenaline inside the world of MotoGP.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Standing alone, this book is brilliant, bringing the adrenalin of a mercurial sport right out onto the page. The scenarios change swiftly, almost from fortnight to fortnight in present day Moto GP, with riders falling like skittles from the top ranks to make way for rookies and returning has-beens alike. Broadbent has somehow managed to press the pause button allowing us a glimpse of the skills, risks, danger, daring, blood, terror, tragedy, and the power and the glory that are a normal part of life at 200 mph. The author also lays bare the brutal psychology of the sport and its effect on relationships and performance.
While I would highly recommend this well written, excellently paced book, I feel it should rather have been subtitled 'The Inside Story of Mike Hailwood and Moto GP'. Also, if you have read Valentino Rossi's book, watched 'Faster', watched a season of Moto GP and read the newspapers, you aren't going to find a lot of new information here.
But, unreservedly, a 5* read.
While I would highly recommend this well written, excellently paced book, I feel it should rather have been subtitled 'The Inside Story of Mike Hailwood and Moto GP'. Also, if you have read Valentino Rossi's book, watched 'Faster', watched a season of Moto GP and read the newspapers, you aren't going to find a lot of new information here.
But, unreservedly, a 5* read.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a great insight into MotoGP and the sometimes great, someimes dubious characters that inhabit the sport. Broadbent's inside-track contacts and knowledge are used to excellent effect giving the reader a real three dimensional view of Rossi, Biaggi, et al. If all you know about MotoGP is what you see on the telly on a Sunday afternoon then this book will surprise you, and at times make you squirm, at what goes on before and after race weekends! The only downsides are that the Hailwood chapters feel like a clumsy afterthought and despite being well written they ruin the flow of the main narrative. Also, the author's use of many, many adjectives which appear to have been selected from a thesaurus without cross checking their contextual meaning in a dictionary leave the reader thinking that Broadbent is a lesser writer than he really is: a shame really. These two flaws would have been overcome by better (or even any?) editing. In the end though it is Rick Broadbent's enthusiasm for the sport that radiates and makes this a compelling read regardless.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is the best book I have read about any motorsport, possibly any sport. It does not get bogged down in endless accounts of what we already know, but gives us the MotoGP riders in all their gory glory, warts and all, the crashes, insecurities, pranks, dreams and failures. I think the masterstroke is weaving Mike Hailwood's TT comeback into the text. That reads like a thriller rather than sports biog, and the similarities and differences with Rossi, a huge Hailwood fan, are enlightening. Maybe some photos would have added something, but this is a well-written, almost poetic, account of a sport, rather than giving us the usual wham-bam grease-monkey stuff. Brilliant.
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Enthralling read
I really enjoyed this book. Although I have been very interested in and have closely followed motorcycle racing for many years, this book has given me a new insight. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. C. Winwood
The inside story
Got to say this was a book which i expected to go over old ground but this was really entertaining and i actually liked how he jumped back and forwards from the Hailwood comeback... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dove Grundison
Fascinating insights into Moto GP - a good way to get through a long...
I was given this book by a friend who shares my love of Moto GP. I found it an excellent read, although I would also agree that entwining the two stories feels a bit forced at... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by Bruce fan
Excellent read - needs tidying up
Given this a Christmas present and read it in two days whilst basking in the Sun. Found it an excellent read and particularly enjoyed the two track storyline of Rossi and Hailwood. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by NOTiFY
stan the man
fabulous , fabulous book . if you are interested in motorcycle racing at all,you will love this book , it talks a lot about rossi and the political side of the sport. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by Stanley Cole
A classic in its genre
A deep, insightful read into the world of MotoGP. Whilst the book identifies itself as a book about Rossi it is so, so much more. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2009 by K. Banks
A brilliant but hard read
A sucker for all things VR, I bought this book and after reading the Prologue, recommended it to a friend as the work of an intelligent writer. Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2009 by R. J. Battersby
Inside Rossi's success
Whilst, at times, slightly difficult to follow - there are two stories from different eras being told at the same time - this book provides a brilliant insight into what has, and... Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2009 by M. Cardy
A must Read for bike junkies
A well written insight in to the world of Moto gp
and this book explores the lives of men that live closer to the edge than most of man kind. Read more
and this book explores the lives of men that live closer to the edge than most of man kind. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2009 by Sj Burdon
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