My Greatest Defeat: Stories of hardship and hope from motor racing’s finest heroes Hardcover – July 30, 2019

Lots of interesting stories that you will enjoy reading.

These stories elicited by Will Buxton's thoughtful interview style reveal more about the drivers I have admired than any biography that touts their achievements on track. The problem I have is that the real power comes from the way they overcame their adversity with clear determination to prevail. There is also a morality or sense of doing right to correct a wrong in most of their stories. Each story stands as a look into the heart and soul of these men who have achieved the pinnacle of their profession and teaches us much about living our lives to the fullest.That is why I believe a better title would be: "Resilience: How I overcame my greatest defeat."

Thank you Will. If you are a motorsports fan this is a must read. Even if not a motorspirts fan a great human interest read. Made my admiration and respect for drivers even deeper. Shows their struggles and triumphs as humans. Enjoyed the Damon Hill chapter the most. How he was out to honor his late father Graham Hill. Well written.

Good book but mistitled. This book of driver's interviews is not about their worst defeats on the track but their overcoming personal adversity in their careers. A few are real eye openers.

A well written book that emphasizes the fact that rising to the top of any profession requires the drive and determination necessary to overcome the obstacles that life, naysayers, and our own errors will place on our path.

Will Buxton's premise for the book is excellent and has allowed him to obtain stories and information from racers that are not often heard. Well done. Will is very knowledgeable which gives him great perspective.

Amazing book from an awesome idea. It’s awesome to be able to read about things from our racing hero’s that we never knew. Amazing work from Will.

I wanted to like this book. I really did. Everyone else seems to. 4.3 stars on Goodreads is a very high rating. I have recently become a Formula 1 racing fan, and admire Will Buxton as really the face of F1. I thought the book would be filled with stories of intrigue and death-defying odds.And it was, kind of. But it was much more low-key than I anticipated. The entire book is simply written interviews with some of the greatest racers of all times, focusing specifically on some of the low points in their careers.And some of it was interesting, to be sure. But mostly, it was boring. I'm not sure if it was the format, or the fact that so many of their stories were similar to each other, or maybe I'm just not enough of a fan yet. But it took me two months to read the book because I was never strongly motivated to continue reading.---------------I noticed Amazon and Goodreads have a slightly different meanings to their 5-point scale. I thought it was odd to have a different rating for the same book on two different sites, so I came up with my own scale below. For the record, it is fairly close to Amazon's scale, but allows me to be consistent between the two sites.5 - Fantastic. Life-altering. Maybe only 30 in a lifetime.4 - Very good.3 - Worth your time.2 - Not very good.1 - Atrocious.