Michael Schumacher The Whole Story

You will have watched him race. You will have listened to his interviews. You've read many thousands of words about him. You’ll think of him as the greatest racing driver ever - or a flawed genius. You don’t, however, know Michael Schumacher.

The most successful Grand Prix driver of all time, he has remained a quiet-spoken, private family man throughout this high-voltage, high-controversy career. He may be the most celebrated stranger on the globe.

This new book by Christopher Hilton, the best-selling Formula 1 biographer, changes that. This is the full story of Michael Schumacher. Hilton details Schumacher's entire motor sport career – from racing a homemade kart to winning seven World Championships and finishing fourth (after being last at one stage) in his final race in Brazil in 2006. All the controversies, crashes and incidents are covered – including those in which Schumacher was accused of cheating or of 'unsporting' behaviour. His remarkable talent is also explored fully – how Schumacher progressed to single-seater racing despite having no money, how he wrung success out of Jordan and Benetton cars in Formula One and how he was able to make Ferrari great again.

There’s a must-have section for all true Schumacher fans: a self-contained factual and statistical description of every one of Schumacher's 249 Grands Prix. There are also comprehensive supporting statistics.

However, Hilton's liberal inclusion of Schumacher’s - own words as well as anecdotes and opinions garnered from numerous candid interviews with his rivals, fellow drivers, team principals, supporters and fellow countrymen - makes this book the definitive biography of the very private superstar with the very public face.

In sum: the real man - most successful racing driver of all time and arguably the most controversial - is now revealed in Michael Schumacher The Whole Story. Love him or hate him – read this book before deciding.