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Mon Ami Mate is Chris Nixon's double-biography of two of Britain's finest racing drivers of the 1950s, Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, who formed a remarkable friendship during their two seasons together at Scuderia Ferrari. With the help of dozens of people who knew them, Nixon has traced the lives of the two remarkable men from childhood, through their racing careers to their untimely deaths, examining along the way their relationships with families, friends and team-mates, and also their passions for boats, planes and girls. Nixon describes in detail Mike's early success with Scuderia Ferrari; the political row caused by his failure to do National Service and his controversial role in the 1955 Le Mans disaster. He also reveals for the very first time the existence of his illegitimate son (born in France in 1954) and recounts the full, almost bizarre story of his tragic death in a road accident in January, 1959, just weeks after he had won the world championship with Ferrari and retired from racing.Peter's early life and career are presented with the help of his Father's unpublished memoirs and his years at Scuderia Ferrari are illuminated by the recollections of his widow, Louise. Letters she wrote to ther parents in America up to the time of Peter's tragic death in the 1958 German Grand Prix shed new light on his great friendship with Mike and his remarkable father-and-son relationship with Enzo Ferrari.Product Identifiers
PublisherTransport Bookman Publications
ISBN-100851840477
ISBN-139780851840475
eBay Product ID (ePID)88060156
Product Key Features
Book TitleMon Ami Mate
AuthorChris Nixon
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiographies & Autobiographies
Publication Year1991
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Biography: Sport, Sports
Number of Pages400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height246mm
Item Width170mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorChris Nixon
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom