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To Hell and Back

My Autobiography

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To Hell and Back

By: Niki Lauda
Narrated by: Ryan Wichert, Kevin Eason
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Niki Lauda drove a car for sport, but crossed the line between life and death and fought back to even greater glory. Even people who know nothing of Formula One have heard of his crash at Nurburgring in 1976, when he was dragged from the inferno of his Ferrari so badly injured he was given the last rites. Within 33 days, he was racing again at Monza. His wounds bled; he had no eyelids. He was terrified. A year later, he reclaimed his World Championship title.

In To Hell and Back he reveals how he battled fear to stage a comeback that seemed beyond human endurance. Then it’s Lauda vs Hunt, an epic rivalry later dramatised in 2013’s Hollywood blockbuster Rush, as he looks back on the strict childhood and parental disapproval that he believes gave him an ‘addiction to excellence’. There’ll never be another like him.

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I very much enjoyed this book. It was hard to stop listening. I still want to know more about Niki

Interesting & Emotional

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it was enjoyable but read by two different people and I found the second reader Ryan Wichert much more enjoyable and emotive than the first...

An insight into the great man.

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As above very direct and synical potreral of a legen leave it til you are ready for a brutal review of F1

Factual and brutal

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Niki Lauda must be the most misunderstood sportsperson on the planet. Definitely the most enigmatic F1 legend. After watching the movie, people tend to think of Lauda as a rigid, strict machine with no sense of compassion or humanity. Listening to this book made me realize that this is only partially true. Although you need to listen to this book to understand why only "partially", this has to be one of the best books about the man himself -written by the man himself.
On a side note, it's insane to see that Ferrari has not changed since Lauda drove for them. Lauda, Prost, Alonso, Vettel, and more recently Leclerc, all had to deal with Ferrari's lack or organization and common sense.

Insights into the most misunderstood sportsman

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I liked just learning about Lauda in more depth and this audible helped me do that

interesting good to listen to

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