Formula 1 Book Review: ‘What Doesn’t Kill You…’ by Johnny Herbert

I bet you didn't know that Johnny Herbert once (jokingly) tried to climb into a bathtub with future Formula One world champion Mika Hakkinen while they were sharing a hotel room as Lotus team-mates. Maybe you didn't want to know that, either, or it feels like too much information, but Herbert doesn't hold much back in his new autobiography, What Doesn't Kill You..., out November 3 from Transworld Publishers. The 52-year-old, Essex-born Herbert has been in the spotlight since his teenage years, and the broad strokes of his life are well-known among racing fans. His promising karting and junior career was derailed by a horrific accident at a 1988 Formula 3000 race at Brands Hatch. In the midst of a lengthy, difficult rehabilitation, he f...

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