Títulos em Esportes Automotivos

‘You don’t get to be six-time British Superbike Champion without having talent and desire’ – Wayne Rainey, Three-time 500CC World Champion. Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne knows what it is like to live on the edge. The most successful rider in British Superbike history, he is the only person to...

Drawing on a lifetime of sniffing petrol fumes, Lights Out, Full Throttle stands large over the landscape of Formula One and takes the temperature of the good, the bad and the ugly of the petrolhead’s paradise. Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill between them competed in 261 Grands Prix, amassing...

Leslie thought she was running from these two words, “Pizza Face”, but couldn’t ever quite shake them off. The words were spoken to her and about her, defining her - and she felt those words to her core. Her rare skin disease gave her spots that covered her entire body. When those words were spoken to her, she could have curled up in a ball and gave up, but actually the opposite became true. Negative words and bullying were behind her driving force her entire life.

The creative mechanical genius of Monster Garage meets the existential sexuality of Rebel Without a Cause – Wildman is a little brother’s homage to the coolest big brother any boy ever had. It’s the true story of R.L. Peyton who was, by anyone’s definition, a wild, wild man who lived as fast as he raced. Imagine if Albert Einstein had concentrated all of his genius on building the fastest dragster ever made and had the personality, good looks, and charisma of James Dean - that was R.L. Peyton.

Inside this audiobook, Motocross: The Ultimate Guide to the Extreme Sport of Motocross Racing, you will be able to get an overview of what the sport is all about, along with safety tips and other advice. With this knowledge, you will be better placed than ever to decide whether you want to take the next step into an exhilarating sport that has captivated countless numbers and continues to draw many more to its races every week.

Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Superbike World Championship, The World According to Foggy will delight the legions of motorsport fans in the UK and beyond and will be lapped up by those who have enjoyed books by Valentino Rossi, Guy Martin, Michael Dunlop, John McGuinness, Ian Hutchinson and Freddie Spencer. Foggy's scintillating new audiobook takes his fans into the memory banks of this most charismatic and straight-talking of sporting icons.

Richard Hammond describes his childhood and adolescence and the emergence of the adrenalin junkie, the first ridiculous stunts on his tricycle, and an increasing and near obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol. He finds an attractive girl, Mindy, who shares his interests and helps him organise his high-speed life.

'A must-have insight into the awe-inspiring career of a true motor racing great' Daily Express Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever been published. Across four decades, Ross Brawn was one...

For nearly forty years he has ruthlessly exploited and dominated Formula One motor racing, and now he is setting his sights further afield...This is the true story of Bernie Ecclestone, the street-smart, working-class kid who masterminded the transformation of Formula One from an amateur sport of the fifties into a global billion dollar industry of the 21st century.

Mark Webber was at the centre of one of the most captivating chapters in the history of Formula One. In 2010, while racing for Red Bull, he and his teammate, Sebastian Vettel, went head to head for the World Championship. There could be only one winner. Since retiring from Formula One, Mark has concentrated on endurance racing, including the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race.

'The maddest 12 months of my life. The journey starts with an oddball race up an American mountain and ends with me checking myself out of hospital with a broken back. Again …' As Guy Martin's grandfather Voldemars frequently reminded him,'When you dead, you dead.' So, before it's all over...

Niki Lauda drove a car for sport, but crossed the line between life and death and fought back to even greater glory. Even people who know nothing of Formula One have heard of his crash at Nurburgring in 1976, when he was dragged from the inferno of his Ferrari so badly injured he was given the last rites. Within 33 days, he was racing again at Monza. His wounds bled; he had no eyelids. He was terrified. A year later, he reclaimed his World Championship title.

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Built for Speed by John McGuinness, read by Joe McGann. ‘Then I was there myself, just another face in the crowd, watching the bikes fly by. The smells, the noise and the speed were all there for me to experience. It was...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Mechanic, written and read by Marc 'Elvis' Priestley. In the high octane atmosphere of the Formula One pit lane, the spotlight is most often on the superstar drivers. And yet, without the technical knowledge, competitive determination and...

Your life is an adventure, ride it! The great thing about motorcycles is it demands our attention and respect. We live in a very connected world and sometimes the only way to disconnect is to connect to your motorcycle. Whatever is going on in your life gets put aside for the ride. It is a beautiful thing. This audiobook was written for new riders and riders returning to riding after a hiatus. It will get you started and what you want out of riding. See why motorcyclists are some of the happiest people you'll meet.

Brought to you by Penguin. Two-time championship-winning and record-breaking racing driver, Jason Plato is a living, breathing example of what you shouldn't do if you want to become a professional racing driver: DO NOT · Almost kill Bernie Ecclestone · Give Prince Charles the finger on the M42...

Graham Jarvis has been at the top of off-road motorcycling for the best part of 25 years and has competed in hundreds of competitions and races all over the world, from TV's Junior Kick Start in the early 1990s to the fabled and ridiculously perilous two-day Italian event Hell's Gate, which he has dominated in recent years and which is one of motorsport's most feared events. Having excelled at trials and enduro, Graham moved into the high-octane world of extreme enduro, one of the most exhilarating sports on two wheels, in 2011.

Cynthia Albrecht, the executive chef of the Penske-Marlboro racing team and darling of the IndyCar circuit, went missing on October 25, 1992 - the night before her divorce from Michael Albrecht became final...The case went cold for six years until a newly elected prosecutor allowed his deputies to charge Michael Albrecht with murder. But would they be able to prove his guilt?

Rich Bickle’s rock star lifestyle of fast cars and legendary partying, ranks among the more colorful journeys in auto racing history. Bickle, with the assistance of author John Close, describes the relationships, good and bad luck, and garage politics that often play a larger role in determining fame and fortune than talent alone. The brutally honest narrative pulls no punches in giving race fans an inside look at a career that both benefited from, as well as was hindered by dealings with some of racing’s biggest stars.

From Para to Dakar is so much more than the story of one man reaching the Dakar finish line. It is a story of friendship and respect, compassion and kindness. It is about defying the odds to reach a dream, it is about grit, endurance and raw courage, and it is inspiring in its true heroism.