Professor Sid Watkins

 In the four years since the publication of Sid Watkins’ first bestselling book of Formula One memoirs, Life at the Limit, the sport has seen enormous changes, remarkable races and spectacular crashes. The ‘Prof’ has been present at them all and in this riveting new book he gives us a unique inside account of the world's most dangerous sport. The FlA's President, Max Mosley, has launched a zero option policy with the goal of zero mortality, and much research and development has gone into technical changes to the cars, circuit design, safety barrier development and personal protection in the cockpit. But as Watkins knows only too well, uncertainty and unpredictability provide the thrills both the fans and the drivers crave. ln Beyond the Limit, he tells us in fascinating detail just how these changes have been implemented, but he also discusses some of the extraordinary Grands Prix the sport has seen in the last four years, including Schumacher's epic crash at Silverstone in ‘I999, and some of the great drivers he has known. The Prof is renowned for being one of Formula One's best storytellers and his reminiscences of Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham and Stirling Moss — to name but a few — will delight motor-racing fans everywhere. Here, too, is a race-by-race account of the Millennium season, from the Australian Grand Prix in March 2000 to the Malaysian Grand Prix in October 2000, offering a completely up-to- date picture of Formula One at the beginning of the twenty-first century.