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A review by books17
Aussie Grit by Mark Webber
4.0
As someone who has only come into Formula One in recent years (2014 to be precise) and thus missed Mark Webber's up and down career, this was a very enjoyable book.
I was of course aware of the main dramas - Multi 21 (which the book actually starts with), Red Bull gives one wing and so on, and that a lot of the time he "Webbered" starts (to use a friend's nomenclature) but I knew very little about the guy other than he's Australian and has an odd accent then for one of us.
His journey to the cockpit is very impressive to follow, and I can only imagine how it felt to be rooting for him during his time in the sport, and his many disappointments. After this and Brundle's book I quite feel like reading some more F1 literature.
I was of course aware of the main dramas - Multi 21 (which the book actually starts with), Red Bull gives one wing and so on, and that a lot of the time he "Webbered" starts (to use a friend's nomenclature) but I knew very little about the guy other than he's Australian and has an odd accent then for one of us.
His journey to the cockpit is very impressive to follow, and I can only imagine how it felt to be rooting for him during his time in the sport, and his many disappointments. After this and Brundle's book I quite feel like reading some more F1 literature.