A Passion for Speed - The life and times of Georges Abecassis

A Passion for Speed by David Abecassis will surely come to be regarded as one of the best researched, most detailed, and best illustrated motor racing biographies of recent years. It is a personal story of passion, struggle and courage in the constant shadow of death, the tale of motor racing when the man behind the wheel made all the difference — the story of a man who showed no fear, on the track, in the air as a WW2 bomber pilot, or as a POW. It is a gripping account of how a man went to the top of motor racing with very little money behind him, and who through sheer determination and skill made the transition from the amateur to the professional in motor racing — and helped to create a new marque, HWM, along the way.