F1 Fanatic

For Gilles Villeneuve I’d recommend “Giles Villeneuve the life of the legendary racing driver” by Gerald Donaldson.

It’s a great read, has a lot of detail and every chapter starts with a little quote which is nice. It’s the best thing I’ve read on him in all honesty.

My favourite on Senna is a little bit of a tribute and just worships him but it;s the memories and mementoes one. It has sleeves throughout with copies of his letters etc, photos but goes into some great detail about his performances. It’s superlatives and focusses on just Senna’s character and ability rather than anything else but I like looking at the characters in the helmet so it suited me.

This History of Formula 1 was good just as a little overview although it missed out teams/drivers who hadn’t won titles such as Minardi and Gilles which meant it missed out some of the biggest characters and contributors in the sport.

Cheers Keith and Steph. I actually found Keith’s review for the book on Villeneuve when I googled it, and with an impulse buy on pay day I’ve already ordered it.

I’ve just read the two other reveiws you gave links for Keith and I’m mighty tempted by Stewart’s autobiography as I’m a huge fan of his. But I’m really fascinated by everything Ferrari at the moment so I think I might go for the Ferrari biogrpaphy if can find time for it before the end of the summer.

Gerald Donaldson’s biography of James Hunt is also excellent. It’s very well written, and of course Hunt had an incredible life. It gets my seal of approval.

I really enjoyed Mark Hughes’ biography of Lewis Hamilton. It is largely focused on the explosive 2007 season, so it’s probably worth reading even if you’re not a Hamilton fan.

Working the Wheel is also very good. It’s part circuit guide, part Martin Brundle autobiography, so there are plenty of interesting anecdotes.

Donaldson’s bio of Fangio is also brilliant and it’s great to read about such a vastly different era. I’m glad to hear Donalson’s Hunt biography is also a good read, it’s next on my list of things to read. So I might get it started before christmas, who know!

I started Enzo Ferrari: A Life a month or two ago, but being the lazy reader I am have barely finished a chapter!
I also enjoyed ‘Forza Minardi!’ by Simon Vigar. It’s not the most complete of books but it’s quite a light hearted look at the team nobody could fail to love, I enjoyed it (lots of shiny pictures and short paragraphs, perfect to keep my attention!)

“as I’m finding myself turning more and more into a Ferrari fan ” can I just say yey at that?

I have a mountain of Eng Lit books to get through for uni but I’ll probably toss them aside and finally read Alex Zanardi: My Story soon and maybe Williams: The legndary story of Frank W. or whatever it is called.

Also pre-F1 but still worth a read is When Nuvolari Raced.