Beyond the Limit
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.56 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0333901886 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sadly disappointing Sadly, I have to give it one star. The book is more of a travelogue about hotels and restaurants at each racing venue than about Sid Watkins medical and safety contributions to Formula One. Included is a complete synopsis of the 2000 Formula One season which is more about Sid's view on who he wants to be the champion than anything that happens of a medical nature. He also includes a chapter on the driver's that he knows from the 2000 season and the past. The final part of the book is simply filled with statistics and race data that is. Fun Read Sid is always a fun read, and I enjoy his anecdotes. This book is as good as his first one - perhaps even a bit better. I don't think you have to be a Formula One fan to love it, but it does help! Thank God for men like him that pushed and pulled to get the safety equipment as well as the medical interventions available to save the lives of drivers (and pit crew/track workers). I followed F-1 during the bloody years - seemed a weekend rarely went by without a tragedy - now that's a rare occurrence, mercifully. Without people like Sid . FknBrian1919 said I enjoyed it.. Great read, but a little too short. Sid was a truly great man, and both of his books are worth reading.
Strictly for motor racing fans, especially those who bought his best-selling memoirs Life at the Limit four years ago, because the Grand Prix neurosurgeon plunges straight into recollections of major crashes, then memories of the great drivers he has known, and finally a race-by-race account of the Millennium season. . Watkins has such broad access to the motor racing fraternity that every section is an insider account, especially when he goes to the aid of Michael Schumacher in the famous 1999 Silverstone crash and recommends a heart bypass operation for Bernie Ecclestone in the same year. Covering safety issues as well, the m
This text takes a look at some of the Grand Prix in the years 1996-2000 in Formula One racing. The author also looks back at his own career and discusses some of the great drivers he has known.. It includes Schumacher's epic crash at Silverstone in 1999
. He is also a leading neuro-surgeon. Sid Watkins has been involved in Formula One since 1978 and is one of the best-loved figures in the sport