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Senna Versus Prost [Kindle Edition]

Malcolm Folley
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Great rivalries are among the glories of sport, and Malcolm Folley's book Senna Versus Prost ... examines one of the most fascinating Guardian The writing is excellent, which is no surprise coming from this seasoned journalist. The narrative is intelligent ... A familiar story is still worth telling if done well. In this case, it's mission accomplished. Motor Sport thanks to Folley, we have Alain Prost's account of a time when F1 ran red from the pit stop to the podium to enlighten us on one of racing's greatest rivalries GQ ... for a superb insight into antagonism between F1 team-mates, read Malcolm Folley's brilliant new book Senna Versus Prost, which charts the rivalry between two of the sport's greatest-ever drivers Daily Mirror With the inside track of having covered the sport for a number of years, Folley writes with authority as he weaves a picture of the sporting greats lives and rivalry Press Association Having covered the sport for a number of years, Folley writes with authority as he weaves a picture of the lives of two of the sport's greats and how their rivalry played out Daily Star Malcolm Folley's excellent book gives a blow-by-blow account of a fascinating chapter in F1 history. 4 stars, Irish Daily Star on Sunday magazine a breathtaking read Brighton Argus

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'The writing is excellent, which is no surprise coming from this seasoned journalist. The narrative is intelligent ... A familiar story is still worth telling if done well. In this case, it's mission accomplished.'

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Excellent read 23 Mar 2012
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Having followed F1 seriously from around 1980 until about 1998, I already consider myself pretty knowledgeable when it comes to Senna and Prost. I was initially cynical as to whether this book would actually be any good but I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

I read some of the reviews on here suggesting the book is biased towards Prost but I can tell you that is simply not true. The only people who would feel that are the die hard 'he could do no wrong' Senna fans. If you are able to take an objective, rational view and you know a lot about Formula 1 from this era, then you will understand how different these two men were and realise this is a fair account.

There are many interesting interviews with Grand Prix drivers from the era and of course, the Alain Prost interview offers many interesting insights and bits and pieces of information or anecdotes you may not have heard before.

Senna's career has been taken to bits and analysed so many times, you cannot expect to read something completely fresh but this is an extremely interesting and well written account of one of motor racing's greatest ever rivalries.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Biased Against Senna 27 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
Don't read this expecting some balanced account of the most famous motorsport feud of all time. I was sadly disappointed with this piece which makes Ayrton Senna the villain of the piece when this story goes far, far deeper with roots in Montreal 1986 when Prost pushed Senna off the track for 2nd place & managed (through great car control and tenacity) to achieve 5th (and yes, you read that right - Prost did this, not Senna!). What is also never deeply acknowledged is the fact that Prost did not get on with ANY of him team-mates and ended up leaving each team in acrimony (including being cermoniously sacked by Ferrari before the end of a season) blaming team-mates, team personnel and other incidents for every failing (which were often his own). His politiking and manipulative character traits were never fully explored either.

Prost's incessant whingeing over the years was bad enough in real-time, without having it all in one place. I put this one down quite alot since it started to gnaw at my will to continue (or should that be persevere?). Also annoying was the psychophantic and grovelling tones of the authors words, obviously well impressed to have been granted an interview with the F1 legend.

As a Senna fan, I expected more from this book in terms of an honest, balanced and in-depth study of both of these complex characters and what drove them. Instead, all there seemed to be within these pages were disrespect and demonisation of my own hero. Prost, the white hero. Senna, the wayward bad-boy. It was so much more than this with strong complex personalities, faults and blazing ambition on both sides. They were two sides of the same coin (and I believe neither would have achieved what they did without the other) and should be acknowledged as such. This book does both of these great men a dis-service by it's bias. Ayrton Senna was also a great man and it's to the authors detriment that he cannot convey this.
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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As someone who has been a Formula One fan for many years and has read many books on Senna and Prost, I was dissapointed with this book. It is basically an account of both Senna and Prost's careers and this has been covered in countless other books in greater detail. I found myself skipping over the race accounts and old interviews which I have read previously, in order to find the 'new' material. The 'new' material is a recent, and fairly underwhelming, interview with Prost which does not add any great insight into the relationship he had with Senna. This may be an interesting read for someone new to the topic but for those who have read other books on Senna and Prost this adds nothing new.
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A Very Good Book
Senna versus Prost by Malcolm Folley is a very good book about the intense rivalry between the Brazillian and the Frenchman. Read more
Published 1 month ago by HBH
This is not an easy read!
To be honest I was expecting a lot more from this once I realised that it contained actual interviews but although it is very biased (as mentioned several times before)it is the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jack Rivers
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This book is an excellent read and manages that rare task of taking a story that we all know the ending of and yet turning it into a compelling narrative. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Brian Martin
Very good
You can tell that the writer knows what he is talking about. This is the most complex relationship the F1 had and the writer describe it with a lot of details in well written... Read more
Published 11 months ago by formula
An interesting insight in the complicated world of Prost and Senna!
For a non-F1 fan, and after seeing the Senna documentary, this is a brilliant place to start. There is so much controversy surrounding the death of Senna, and this book gives a... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Louise Roberts
The Golden Era of F1
This book is an absolutely classic insight into the rivalry that existed between Alain Prost and Aryton Senna. Two completely different styles but both magnificent drivers. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Michael J Mc Carthy
Generally well written, but nowhere close to impartial
The impression it leaves me is that Folley was so delighted and gratified to be given a nice lunch and a fairly in depth interview by Prost in his Paris apartment in 2008 that his... Read more
Published 22 months ago by P. Hannam
very good
very good book. not all of it was made public before so still made for an interesting read, especially hearing Prost's version of things.
Published on 27 Jan 2010 by Bride2be
Excellent Insight
I really good insight to the Senna Prost era competition, includes an interview with Prost
Published on 11 July 2009 by djssniper
Awesome tale of two great drivers...
This books charts the start, duration and untimely demise of one of the most famous (or should that be infamous) rivalrys in F1. Read more
Published on 1 July 2009 by Kaz
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Immediately my reaction was to back off, slow down. I drove back slowly to the pits and I didn't want to go out any more that day. It frightened me because I realised I was well beyond my conscious understanding. It happens rarely, but I keep these experiences very much alive in me because it is something that is important for self-preservation.' &quote;
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I took Ayrton and walked to the corner to see how they can move the wall. We looked over the wall and saw the river running behind it. We both realised there is nothing we can do about this wall. And we walked back and we did nothing.' Berger paused, and then reflected in little more than a whisper. 'We stood exactly at the place where he died.' &quote;
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