Jenson Button: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography
Oct 2017 · Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
This is my life, not the stuff you've seen, but the things you haven't. This is my childhood growing up in the West Country, my struggles, my doubts and my hopes.
It's the people I've met in my seventeen years in Formula One, many of whom I've loved, some of whom I definitely haven't. It's the laughs I've shared, the battles I've fought, some on the track with rivals and friends like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
It's the pressure I struggled with as I closed in on my World Championship in 2009, it's the calm I felt every time I settled into the cockpit. It's my dad - the many times he saved me, the one moment he doubted me, the hole in my life he left me. It's everything in one go, the good days as well as the bad. A life lived not just as a racing driver but, ultimately, as a human being.
This is my life, not the stuff you've seen, but the things you haven't. This is my childhood growing up in the West Country, my struggles, my doubts and my hopes.
It's the people I've met in my seventeen years in Formula One, many of whom I've loved, some of whom I definitely haven't. It's the laughs I've shared, the battles I've fought, some on the track with rivals and friends like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
It's the pressure I struggled with as I closed in on my World Championship in 2009, it's the calm I felt every time I settled into the cockpit. It's my dad - the many times he saved me, the one moment he doubted me, the hole in my life he left me. It's everything in one go, the good days as well as the bad. A life lived not just as a racing driver but, ultimately, as a human being.
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4.8
85 reviews
Annie Whittenham
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7 February 2018
A very absorbing read chronicling JB's life from a loving childhood, through his parents separation, a slightly awkward adolescence & into young adulthood & the meritocratic world of F1 - with his dad supporting & encouraging him every step of the way. Encompassing love & laughter, heartache & tears & everything in between I would highly recommended this for all JB fans & fans of F1.
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Andy Poulter
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22 October 2017
Great book Jenson! Bought back so many memories of years of following F1 and filled in some of the "behind the scenes" details I always wondered about...
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Chris Walker
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6 November 2017
Fantastic, easy to read book with some interesting recollections. A fascinating insight from someone who has raced with setting characters from Formula 1
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About the author
Born in Frome, Somerset, British Racing driver Jenson Button has been in Formula 1 for seventeen years, appearing in 309 grands prix, the second most in history. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship, driving for Brawn GP. Outside of racing, he set up the Jenson Button Trust for his fundraising activities which includes the Jenson Button Triathlon which has raised money for Help For Heroes, Cancer Research and now Barnardo's.
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