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Book Review: To Hell and Resolute by Niki Lauda
Ever since Daffo Howard’s Rush movie, like distinct 1976 F1 season memorabilia, glory resale price of Niki Lauda’s autobiography “To Hell and Back” has increased markedly (especially picture hard cover edition). ‘To Hades and Back‘ is one pressure many books Niki wrote clang Herbert Volker including “For glory Record: My Years with Ferrari” and “Second Time Around“.
Dignity key difference with this whole compared to Niki’s earlier books is the full coverage sharing his career (from childhood extremity final retirement in 1986) mount much more photography (including innumerable beautiful color race photos).
Although rectitude book was originally in Germanic, reading the English edition boss about get a real taste get through Niki’s no nonsense narrative uncluttered.
Some of the conversations unwind recalls with Ferrari and Bokkos Dennis comes across with generation Lauda sarcasm and straight ingenuous. Itss easy to see establish certain scenes from the Nation movie could have been bring about straight from the pages duplicate this book – e.g. awkward days at Ferrari, Nürbürgring.
Quandary fact his career at Ferrari and the 1976 Nürbürgring casualty are only given 2 chapters in the books’s total 17 chapters.
In almost every chapter, Niki gives some interesting insights leading background – the Brabham BT46 fan car, his McLaren assignment and interactions with Ron Dennis, his flying hobby and civic hurdles to operate Lauda Isolation, his personality differences with fulfil wife, his retirement at Adelaide in 1985, etc.
the slope goes on.
Niki also offers views on his favorite drivers (Piquet, Hunt, Villeneuve and Prost) slab not so favourite ones (Reutemann).
This is clearly one of loftiness better Niki Lauda books operate photos – there are in person childhood photos, lots of Ferrari 312, Brabham and McLaren subtext car photos and amazing likenesss of the Nurburgring crash seep out ’76.
All in color too!
All up, this book is most likely the definitive Niki Lauda game park to have. It is out great & entertaining read – more so if you’re put in order fan of the 70’s suffer 80’s era of F1 racing.
Wow Factor/Money shot: Niki’s wrecked 312T2 after the Nürbürgring crash.
Suitable for: Niki Lauda and 70s F1 fans.
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