Christopher Hilton

When Michael Schumacher retired from Formula One, battling to win his eighth World Championship, fans questioned how he, and indeed former team-mates and rivals, would react after the end of such a stupendous, record-breaking career. In this paperback edition of his highly successful hardback biogra...

For almost three decades, the Cold War was focused on Berlin, where the two (nuclear-armed) sides were kept apart by a twelve-foot wall, which had appeared almost overnight in August 1961. For a generation, until its fall in November 1989, it not only divided the city of Berlin, but also symbolised ...

Ayrton Senna was more than a great racing driver: he was a giant of a man who, 17 years after his death, is still mourned as no sportsman has ever been. Much has been written about him, but this book approaches the subject with a powerfully different focus. More than 120 people who knew him, worked ...

How Hitler hijacked world sport

In this meaty paperback, published to mark the tenth anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death, Christopher Hilton marries and updates four of his earlier titles about the legendary driver into one volume of more than 100,000 words. He chronicles Senna's entire story, from the wealthy childhood inBrazil t...

Christopher Hilton documents the race that caused the worst crash in motor racing history in this new and full study of the fateful day. Through a host of interviews - with drivers, team members, journalists and spectators - and original research at Le Mans, Hilton examines the aftermath of the cras...

Ordinary heroes

This is one of the greatest stories ever told - a century of men and machines pitted against each other, death riding at their elbow, risking everything to win. In this action-packed volume, now available in paperback, Christopher Hilton celebrates 100 years of Grand Prix motor racing, from the firs...

When the Brawn GP rose Phoenix-like from the dying embers of the Honda Formula 1 operation, it caused a sensation. The Brawn cars dominated the first half of the 2009 season, achieving an astounding six wins and three 1-2 finishes in the first seven races. The team humiliated Ferrari and McLaren, wi...

For the first time, here is a complete guide to every circuit that has hosted Grand Prix racing since the Formula 1 World Championship began in 1950 - from volcanic Mount Fuji in Japan to the woodlands of Hockenheim, from turbulent Argentina to the Swedish tundra, from the Middle East deserts to the...