F1 drivers Autobiographies

[Jos the Boss]

Any drivers wrote one? I know Hamilton has and I hated it! Why write one in your first season? Publicity obviously!

 

[FB]

Probably because he was asked to and paid a substantial amount of money to do it. Also, to suggest that Lewis wrote his own biography is about as sensible as believing Katie Price writes her own novels. I've not read Lewis's biog but I guarantee there are probably worse F1 biogs and definitely worse sporting ones.

 

[Jos the Boss]

True story, but I only disliked it because it was written so early in his career! Has DC got one yet?

 

[Fenderman]

Here, I must confess to having an unusual and perhaps rare problem which, I suspect, may be my one and only genuine allergy. Biographies make me palpably sick. So much so that if I touch a biography in a bookshop I have to depart immediately and reach for open air and a tissue. It is a most bizarre condition, to say the least and I can honestly say that I do not recall ever reading more than a smidgin of a biog in a book. Interestingly, though, I have managed to read extracts in newspapers and magazines without such a reaction.

I must check out the A to Z of Allergies to see if the condition is an officially recognised one although I do not feel the need for a cure.

 

[siffert_fan]

I think you will find it is a sub-section of the allergy to "bovine excrement" which I suffer from. Believe me, there is no cure, nor do I wish there were.

 

[teabagyokel]

Non-sufferers of siffert_fan's allergy have been found with houses full of double glazed windows, sofas and Apple products; sitting huddled up on one of said sofas watching the Piers Morgan show having donated the remnants of their savings to spurious charities, thus leaving their Icelandic bank accounts empty.

 

[Fenderman]

Now that is interesting.

 

[gethinceri]

Jackie Stewart's is a good read.

 

[FB]

Jackie Stewart's is a good read.

Now updated - all proceeds going to the "Get my mate Fred Goodwin his Knighthood back" project...

 

[RasputinLives]

Has DC got one yet?

Yes he has got one and its an ok read. I can sum it up in a few short sentences for you though.

"Juan Pablo Montoya is fat, Ron never liked me or I'd have won championships, However I feel I had the last laugh by developing Red Bull"

 

[FB]

If any of you fancy cheap F1 books, including many biographies, check out The Works. You need to get in quick though, for example there are only 3 left of this one.

http://www.theworks.co.uk/The-Formula-One-Miscellany-By-John-White/9781847321121.html

 

[FB]

Hey, DC's is on there.

http://www.theworks.co.uk/v/It-is-What-it-is/9780752893341.html

 

[siffert_fan]

This doesn't really belong in this thread, as it is not about a driver, nor is it an autobiography, but an excellent book about F1 is "Rob Walker" by Michael Cooper-Evans. It is long out of print but gives great insight into the way it used to be. For instance: The Walker race team consisted of: Rob, his wife, a secretary, and two mechanics! And with that, he won 9 races and at times entered two cars! Of course, the wins were made easier by having Stirling Moss as his driver.