
Jenson Button: Life to the Limit
My Autobiography
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Narrated by:
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Jack Hawkins
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By:
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Jenson Button
About this listen
The full-length, in-depth and intimate autobiography from Jenson Button, one of Britain's greatest ever racing drivers.
Jenson Button is one of the finest racing drivers of his generation. His 17 years in Formula One have seen him experience everything the sport has to offer, from nursing duff cars round the track to winning world championships and everything in between. Here, Jenson tells his full story for the first time in his own honest, intelligent and eloquent style - from growing up as part of a motor-racing-mad family under the guidance of his father, John, to arriving at Williams as a fresh-faced 20-year-old to being written off as a playboy, distracted by the luxurious trappings of his lifestyle, and his fight back to the very pinnacle of his sport.
Jenson's world championship victory for the unsponsored and unfancied Brawn GP team is one of the most extraordinary against-the-odds sports stories of the century. Jenson's book lifts the lid on the gilded and often hidden world of Formula One. He reveals his relationships with some of the biggest names in the sport - Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso - as well some of the most colourful characters, such as Bernie Ecclestone, Ron Dennis, Frank Williams and serial winner Ross Brawn.
Above all he puts you right inside the cockpit, in the driving seat, travelling at over 200 miles per hour, battling the fear of death, showing you what happens when it goes wrong at high speed and allowing you to experience the euphoria of crossing the line first.
©2017 Jenson Button (P)2017 Bolinda PublishingDecent book, good performance but...
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While some reviewers were not happy with the pronunciation of drivers names I didn't notice, but I'm not an F1 officianado.
Fantastic, I really loved it and want to know more
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I see some people comment on the reader, I enjoyed his reading and the mistakes in driver names wasn't an issue for me.
Very well written and Button does come through in his writing.
If you are interested in Motor Racing, F1 or sports autobiographies then I would recommend listening to this.
Very Entertaining
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Usually average!
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Good book, poor narration
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Loved Mark Weber's This Is Even Better
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Narration is good but some of the pronunciation of the other drivers names is “interesting”.
Excellent insight into his life
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OK, so I agree the narrator isn't an F1 fan, and some of the pronunciations of the drivers and circuits of the world are not what we are used to hearing during commentary and post race interviews (i.e. probably incorrect). But actually, I can't criticise Jack Hawkins too much, as when he wasn't getting a few pronunciations wrong I actually got drawn into the book and at times forgot it wasn't JB reading to me.
JB does a good job of detailing his love of motorsport from being a small boy, through Karting and into F1. I frequently found myself looking for highlight videos of races online as his descriptions of races made me want to watch them again. I think its easy to forget that races have 20+ people in them, and even when they are not battling for the points each driver has a story to tell.
The best part of the book was, for me, that JB is out of F1 now and clearly felt able to talk about some characters in ways he might not if he was still looking for drives. Suffice to say that he found some famous F1 personnel quite frustrating.
His Dad was clearly the inspiration behind everything, and (spoiler alert) the last epilogue explained beautifully why he's never returned to F1 - "not without Dad", quoting his father at an early Karting race when he was interviewed and said "it's my hobby - Jenson is just the pilot".
Funny, moving and interesting. A quality few hours. Thank you audible.
I miss characters like JB these days...
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brilliant
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Narration a bit monotone and dull but not so bad it's unlistenable.
Certainly worth a credit to pass the time in the car.
Not bad. Certainly worth a credit
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