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Author: Mark Webber, Softbound, 390 Pages, ISBN: 9781509813568, 1st Edition, 2015
- Aussie Grit- my Formula One Journey
Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivatingchapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010, while racing forRed Bull, he and his team mate Sebastian Vettel went head to headfor the World Championship. There could only be one winner.
Since retiring from Formula One Mark has concentrated on endurance racing, including the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour race. He hit the front pages of newspapers around the world in December 2014 when he slammed into the barricades in the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in South America,and was lucky to escape with his life. But the controversy of his relationship on and off the track with Vette!, who went on to winmultiple world titles, has never been far beneath the surface.
Here,for the first time, Webber tells the inside story of one of FormulaOne's most intriguing battles - it is a story that goes to the heart of why the sport is loved by millions of fans around the world.
In his trademark straight-talking, no-nonsense style Mark reveals his life on and off the Formula One race track. From his first taste of karting to his Fl debut in 2002, scoring Minardi's first points in threeyears at the Australian Grand Prix, through to his first win with Red
Bull at the 2009 German Grand Prix and the year he should have been crowned World Champion. Mark Webber's journey to the top
of Formula One was every bit as determined and committed as his racing. This is his seanngly honest story.