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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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What a wonderful person,
And an extraordinary life this man had. It was great to see him in the pits at each Grand Prix until his death

Enlightening

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Fantastic story written with humour and seriousness all in one! What a man, what a legend.

What a life

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