Book description
Lewis Hamilton's explosive arrival on the Formula 1 scene has made
front-page headlines. In My Story, for the first time Lewis opens up
about his stunning debut season, including the gripping climax to the
2007 F1 World Championship, as well as his dad Anthony, his home life
and his early years. The only book with the real story, as told by Lewis.
In his first season in F1, Lewis Hamilton has thrilled the world of
motor racing. With victories in Canada, America and Hungary and Japan he
led the World Drivers' Championship, right up to the last race of the
season. But bare statistics alone do scant justice to the amazing impact
Lewis Hamilton has had on the sporting landscape this year. My Story
gives the real account from Lewis himself, as he sets the record
straight about his colourful life on and off the track.
Given a grounded upbringing by his dedicated father in unremarkable
Stevenage, Lewis tells about how he first tried out go-karting while on
a cut-price family holiday in Ibiza. In his book he gives the real
version of events at a motor sport dinner where, as a nine-year-old
wearing a borrowed suit, he approached McLaren team boss Ron Dennis with
the immortal words that were to change his life forever.
He rose rapidly through the Junior and Formula ranks, dominating every
series with his raw speed and canny race craft. Here Lewis candidly
recalls those key moments that shaped his career and went some way
towards compensating for the sacrifices made by his father Anthony in
getting his son to the top.
Lewis also charts how he got into the sport and was signed up by Ron
Dennis, what motivates him, who are his closest friends, how he copes
with the constant travelling, and the physical and mental challenges of
driving a state-of-the-art Formula 1 car. He looks back in detail at the
2007 World Championship - his four race wins, the frightening crash in
Germany, his rivalry with team-mate Fernando Alonso, his special
relationship with Ron Dennis, and what it's like living under the
spotlight of the paparazzi - right up to the last race of the season in
Brazil. 'Lewis will create the benchmark for a whole generation of
drivers…He is already turning television viewers back on to motor
racing' Jackie Stewart
'Lewis Hamilton is a phenomenon - nobody has come into the sport and
done what he's done' Murray Walker
Few 22-year-olds have achieved enough to warrant 290 pages of
reminiscence, but Hamilton is the exeption.' 'Hamilton is not only
outstandingly gifted as a racing driver, he is genuinely articulate and
charming.' The Daily Telegraph
.'..slickly produced with intriguing hints at how tough it was to get
to the top' The Guardian Lewis Hamilton was born in Stevenage,
Hertfordshire in January 1985. By the age of eight he was racing karts,
at ten he drove to his first British championship, and at thirteen he
was signed to the McLaren team. He made his F1 debut at this year's
Australian GP and won in Canada, USA, Hungary and Japan.
