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He addresses other matters, such as those covered in the tabloids throughout his career, conflicts between himself and other drivers, and the most awaited subject of Coulthard vs. Hakkinen, Coulthard vs. McLaren, Coulthard vs. Ron Dennis, and Coulthard vs. Coulthard, one and the same subject.
David Coulthard’s book could have been written to make David out to be an innocent and misunderstood racer whose career success was robbed of him and he now demands justice.
While David does make factually backed accusations against his previous employer McLaren, he is neither unfair, nor insulting; that subject matter, touched upon in many of his interviews has not been used by David as an excuse.
In his autobiography David shows he is not vengeful or bitter but understands the actions of certain persons while not agreeing with them.
The book is a surprising find in any bookstore and with each new re-read brings a smile to the reader’s lips
- Michael Schumacher – The Edge of Greatness
- Author: James Allen
- Published in: 2007
Michael Schumacher has been described by many as a misunderstood, ignorant, brilliant, arrogant, best ever, and simply lucky driver.
The facts, however, do not lie; typing in Michael Schumacher into Google search will bring up a Wikipedia page on the driver citing details of his life, and successes as well as controversies; should one look up driver records the Name Michael Schumacher will appear on many of the records at the top step or in the top three. The fans that do not like Ferrari or Michael tend to still respect his achievements.
Michael came into F1 at a time when the sport was changing; his achievements span the time period preceding the major changes and in the sport as well as the time period in the seasons post those changes.
His actions in 1994 and 1997 are a remnant of that old style of racing, and while it looks inexcusable at this time at some point in history it would have been.
It is still a fresh subject to address, but James Allen pulls no punches when he describes Michael Schumacher’s drive to achieve the extraordinary in Michael Schumacher – The Edge of Greatness.
His book on Mr. Schumacher describes the price that Michael and the three teams, he has occupied in his F1 career, had to pay to achieve greatness.
Ayrton Senna once said that “Nice Men don’t win,” and James Allen never tries to paint a picture of a nice man in his book. Mr. Allen addresses much of the misconception about Michael; Michael was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and James Allen never shows Michael as a person that had this silver spoon nor as a person that was mistreated; Michael has worked to achieve his position and that is what James Allen has shown him as.
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