Gilles Villenueve: The Life of a Legend
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Paperback, 320 pages
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Reviews
(Rated 5 out of 5)
The author describes Villeneuve life with passion ,keeping the reader alwalys
interessed in his private and racing life , specially in the Ferrarri days , showing how he gain the respect from other drivers .
Enzo Ferrari is shown , has a man , that we thought was rutless , and cold , showing a deep attachement to this little crazy and impetious driver , who always was forgiven and understood by Enzo .
A outstanding well written good book , to read on those cold and rainy days.
I truly recomend it ,to everybody who misses the good old days of F1 drivers!
(Rated 5 out of 5)
A very interesting read. Well written and seemed to cover plenty of facts. I enjoyed reading about a hero who was before my time, as his legend lives on. I can see why other reviews say there is barely a bad word about him, as this book does give a strong impression of a committed racer who wouldn't do anything other than give 100%. I think it's worth reading to learn about how he rose to the top of motorsport.
(Rated 5 out of 5)
Bought it yesturday, haven't been able to stop reading since. Excellently researched. A great read.
(Rated 3 out of 5)
Gilles Villeneuve is now very often considered to be one of the greatest / fastest / most heroic F1 drivers of all times. This may be true and Donaldson's book has surely added to this belief. From a real biography, however, I would expect more objectiveness than Donaldson provides. His book contains a lot of detailed stories of GV's life and of F1 from 1978 - 1982 and therefore it is interesting to read. However, GV is not seen really critical. In that sense the book is more or less for fans. The reader doesn't get to know the twitches in GV's character (maybe only once, when GV's private escapades are mentioned) and his driving style is not really criticised at all. It seems as if the author did not look for other than positive statements about GV.
(Rated 5 out of 5)
What can you say? Gilles was one of the greatest. He was up their with Senna in terms of passion and as Donaldson states at one point Gilles said that he only felt truly alive behind the wheel. He was a racer's racer. This not only charts his career, but also his life and passions. It has interviews from the greats like Mr. Ferrari,Laffite, Prost, Lauda, Arnoux and so on. Buy this book now, you won't regret it, it's fantastic