Derek Bell has become one of motor racing’s national treasures. He is best known as one of the world’s finest ever endurance sports car drivers, winning Le Mans five times and the Daytona 24 Hours three times, as well as numerous other significant sports car races. This completely new and updated edition of his autobiography celebrates the superb motor racing career of one of Britain’s most popular racing drivers.
Alan Henry has known Derek Bell since 1971, when he was reporting on Formula 2 as a journalist for Motoring News. He soon moved up to Formula 1 and covered it for 35 years for numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian and Autocar. He was also the editor of Autocourse, the annual record of international motor racing, from 1988 to 2012.