Jenson Button: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography

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Although with that said, there certainly are enough little anecdotes sprinkled through that I hadn't heard before to keep the book engaging. I still rate Jenson’s previous books “ My Championship Year” and “ Life to the Limit” as better than this latest one, only because the F1 content is less than the book’s title would suggest. Jenson Button has a great sense of humor, and the information and insider's view to the world of elite racing was definitely interesting for me. While the majority of this book is about Formula One, there are two random chapters in between where he talks about the Baja 1000 and Le Mans. Why did he want to leave British American Racing (BAR) for Williams in 2004 even as he was enjoying his best season to date?

although i didn’t watch formula 1 at the time he was racing and have only seen him race through replays, jenson button is a driver i have much respect for. What life is like as a driver in a day to day basis, what the team expects him to do, and how he does it. By the time he was old enough to sign his first professional contract he had already worked through the 10,000 hours that Malcolm Gladwell asserts is the requirement of excellence.

Even I still miss seeing John at races, so I totally understand why, after his death, Jenson just didn't have the heart for it. 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. Bonnier Books UK acquires second book from Jenson Button Matt Phillips, publishing director for non-fiction at Bonnier Books UK, acquired all language rights for Jenson Button’s second book How to be an F1 Driver from David Luxton Associates.

Now, I never miss a race, I could tell you the World Champion each year for the last 50 years more or less and I love a good Formula 1 documentary.But meeting K was a one in a lifetime event, my Harlequin summer, I'll never meet another man who loves racing and has a couple of million a year to spend on his hobby. The post-F1 related chapters look at his recent sportscar stints in Japan and Le Mans preparations and adapting to F1 broadcast commentary with Sky.

A Honda ambassador, Jenson is co-owner of Rocket Motorsport and co-founder of Leger cycling apparel.He’s obviously decided that this will be a racing autobiography, which is his decision, but it does seem to close off him as a person slightly. The team management led by the team principal and serial winner Ross Brawn bought the team from Honda for a nominal sum and named the team Brawn GP. Jenson didn't go into any depth at all about his relationships with former teammates, something I was really looking forward to.