Probing interviews with F1 drivers past and present, team managers, doctors, safety specialists, wives and girlfriends reveal what make these sportsmen tick.
Christopher Hilton has written a number of well-received books on Formula 1, including an in-depth biography of Ayrton Senna that has been translated into ten languages. His recent Hitler's Grands Prix in England is a meticulous piece of research recreating the Donington races of 1937 and 1938. He lives at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.