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HILTON,CHRISTOPHER**: : REGGA: THE EXTRAORDINARY TWO LIVES OF CLAY REGGAZZONI

UK.SPARKFORD,Nr YEOVIL,SOMERSET.HAYNES PUBLISHING,2008.

ISBN 9781844254798.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip (£35.00) to dw/dj - almost as new.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject portrait and sport-related colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight, solid and sound,pristine - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain royal blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,blue+ white headband,and immaculate,speckled pale grey endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-256pp [paginated] includes race track scenic,colour photographic frntis recto of contents page, foreword by Sir Frank Williams,author intro,3 sections comprising The First Life:Danger Man,Life Change and The Second Life:Wheelchair Warrior containing 5, 3,and 5 chapters respectively,profuse b/w+colour (majority) contemporary biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,statistics and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,subject colour photographic portrait illustrated title-page,and contents list/ table. Clay Regazzoni lived one extraordinarily full life and then,through tragedy,lived another one,equally packed. The first was as a Grand Prix legend,Ferrari icon, bon viveur,womaniser and hooligan - conforming,as fellow driver John Watson says,to everyone's inner desires of what a racing driver should really be. The second was as a survivor trapped in a wheelchair,facing down depression to become an icon of a completely different kind,inspiring the disabled,still fascinating women,and taking part in some of the most dangerous rallies in the world - at racing speed. This extensive biography tells his story for the first time in English,through the memories of those who lived alongside him,drove with him and drove against him.It describes his modest beginnings in Switzerland,the dangerous days in the lesser formulae (he had a frightening reputation),his move to Formula 1,an impossibly emotional win for Ferrari at Monza in 1970,feuds and friendships with Niki Lauda,and giving the Williams team their maiden Grand Prix victory at the 1979 British Grand Prix. In 1980 he crashed at Long Beach,breaking his back. If you are a Formula 1 follower and wonder what happened to Regga after Long Beach,here it all is, including starting a driving school for the disabled and rallying on six continents,battling the harsh Paris-Dakar rally in a lorry.In his spare time,driving a hand-controlled Ferrari,he conducted open warfare with the police on Italy's autostrada - and sometimes won. Here is the man also seen through intimate glimpses of him at home by his son Gian Maria and long-time partner Maddelena Mantegazzi,and they reveal the ultimate twist.What he treasured most were the simple things.And speed. There is NO other book (then 2008) in English on him.This book began as the third in a sequence called Memories of - Ayrton Senna was the first, James Hunt the second. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight (nearly 1.4Kg unpackaged) and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

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