Aussiegrit autobiography for kids

  • Ber tells the inside story of one of Formula One's most intriguing battles—it is a story that goes to the heart of why the sport is loved by millions of fans.
  • Aussie Grit is his autobiography about his Formula One experience.
  • In his trademark straight-talking, no-nonsense style Mark ber reveals his amazing life on and off the Formula One race track in Aussie Grit.

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    Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey

    About this ebook

    In his trademark straight-talking, no-nonsense style Mark Webber reveals his amazing life on and off the Formula One race track in Aussie Grit.

    Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010, while racing for Red Bull, he and his team mate Sebastian Vettel went head to head for 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 Vettel, who went on to win multiple world titles, has never been far beneath the surface. Here, for the first time, Webber tells the inside story of one of Formula One'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.

    From his first taste of karting to his F1 debut in 2002, scoring Minardi's first points in three years at the Austr

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    Aussie Grit 9781743518335, 1743518331

    Table of contents :
    About Aussie Grit
    Title page
    Contents
    Foreword by Steve Waugh
    Prologue: ‘Multi 21’: A Rag to a Red Bull
    In the Cockpit: A Marathon in Shoes Two Sizes Too Small
    1: No Wings, Learning to Fly: 1976–94
    2: Wingless Wonders: 1995–96
    3: A Wing and a Prayer
    4: Getting Ready for Take-off
    5: Nightmare at Le Mans: 1999
    6: A Pawn in the Game: 1999–2001
    7: Base Camp at Everest
    8: ‘This Can’t be Happening . . .’
    9: Smile Back on the Dial: 2007
    10: A Challenge of a Different Kind: 2008
    11: Yes I Can: 2009
    12: In High Places
    13: In Rare Air
    14: One Day You’ll Look Back
    15: Finishing Strongly
    16: In Another Cockpit: 2014 and Beyond
    Epilogue: A Life in Sport
    Acknowledgements
    Index
    About Mark Webber
    Also by Mark Webber
    Copyright page

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    About Aussie Grit In the high-stakes world of Formula One, only the fastest make it to the top. Few know this better than Australian Formula One legend Mark Webber. His career in F1 stretched an incredible 12 years, saw him earn 42 podium finishes and triumph in nine races, including twice-winning the crown jewel of F1, the Monaco Grand Prix. But the road to the top of F1 racing is long and full of deadly twists and strange turns. In his longawaited Autobiography, Webber tells the