Watching the Wheels

<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times </i>#1 Bestseller, shortlisted for the Cross Sports Book Award.</b><br><br>In 1996, Damon Hill was crowned Formula One World Champion. For the first time ever he tells the story of his journey through the last golden era of the sport when he took on the greats including Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher and emerged victorious as World Champion in 1996, stepping out of the shadow of his legendary father Graham Hill.<br><br>Away from the grid, <i>Watching the Wheels: The Autobiography</i> is an astonishingly candid account of what it was like to grow up as the son of one of the country's most famous racing drivers. It also tells the unflinching story of dealing with the grief and chaos that followed his father's tragically early death in an aircraft accident in 1975, when Damon was fifteen years old. <br><br>Formula One drivers have always been aware of their mortality, and t