The crash at the Lausitzring in Germany when Zanardi's Champ car was T-boned at 200mph; Showing barely believable determination in his battle to recover; The inspirational 2003 Touring Car debut in a BMW320i with hand-controlled throttle and clutch - and brakes using the prosthetic leg; Past glories as a double CART champion in 1997 and 1998, and earlier F1 seasons with Lotus and Williams; The passion that makes this cheerful racer still say 'I love my work!'; Boyhood as an adventurous rascal and the climb up the junior formulae.
Zanardi, a plumber's son, always had to fight to compete, from welding an early kart using a blowtorch and fence wire, to the post-crash rehab, which he viewed as a race. Gasparini is a journalist on Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy's daily sports newspaper. They tell this story with warmth, wit and candour.
'the best driver autobiography I have ever read, a fascinating, intensely poignant yet frequently hilarious story' The Independent 'utterly absorbing and extremely moving' Motor Sport
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