Jenson Button: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography

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I’ve also always found Jenson Button’s various autobiography books to be good reads – his latest book “ How to be an F1 Driver” is a mix of conversational F1 topics including car setup and also thoughts on his life post-F1 including moving to the US and sports car racing. He’s obviously decided that this will be a racing autobiography, which is his decision, but it does seem to close off him as a person slightly.

Ferraris, Lamborghinis, a Bugatti and an Aston Martin, Porsches, McLarens and even aan old E-type Jaguar. Much of the early press coverage around this book concerned Jenson’s first admissions of anxiety attacks. How does it compare with Jenson’s previous “ My Championship Year” book on his 2009 championship season with Brawn GP?Kevés sportágot nézek lelkesen, a Forma-1 az egyik (a foci a másik), és annak ellenére, hogy megértem azokat, akik fanyalognak, hogy egy ilyen unalmas sportágra hogyan lehet olyan sok időt pazarolni.

Outside of racing, he set up the Jenson Button Trust for his fundraising activities, which include the Jenson Button Triathlon. There's an interesting chapter in his own mental health and the panic attacks he used to suffer from.He candidly discusses his relationship with the legends of his time like his compatriot Lewis Hamilton, McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso, and even his frosty relationship with Jacques Villeneuve. There is some common overlap in the books which both cover the Honda pullout, Mercedes engine swap and various 2009 key race highlights like the season opener in Australia, Monaco and Brazil. After not only 17 years in F1 but 28 years of racing from the age of eight, I’ve both seen and experienced so much and this book is a chance to share as much of that as possible with the incredible fans who were there throughout. It's the laughs I've shared, the battles I've fought, some on the track with rivals and friends like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.

But not only that you get a look into his life growing up and as he moved through the ranks of Motorsport. Sure, you need to be able to drive a car fast - and Jenson is on hand to pass on a few tricks of the trade here - but you also need to know the real rules for making it to the top. Distinctly average with an underlying smugness, just like the author at his 'book signing' last night!

I'm always scared to read a book on someone you like, it can mean the end when you get an insight, but not this time - still a top chap.

J'ai vraiment appris beaucoup que ce soit dans la technique des monoplaces, certains systèmes exclusifs à la catégorie de Formule 1, certaines normes, le rapport avec la presse, les relations entre pilotes, le détail de certaines saisons, des anecdotes croustillantes sous alcools. Button opens up about the realities of life on the Formula One circuit which looks fabulous and glamorous from the outside. Putting Life to the Limit together was an amazing experience and I’m excited to be embarking on a new challenge by putting the reader in the paddock, behind the wheel and behind the scenes of the show that never ends which is Formula One!

I adored the insights into the life of an F1 driver in the 2000s (from the outrageous motorhomes to the who's-got-the-biggest-boat competitiveness), which revealed a fair few surprises.