Racing Hell: The Hidden Truths of Motorsport

Top book by a Top driver!If you love racing, cars, tracks anything motorsport read this book!The book is set out perfectly, easy to read in a way that keeps you gripped, (pardon the pun) and a peep behind the scenes of racing.5* from me.

Bought as a present for my husband. His words. "Racing Hell is an exhilarating journey through the world of high-stakes motorsport. Vivid storytelling and attention to detail create a gripping narrative that keeps you turning pages from start to finish. An immersive experience that's impossible to put down".

I've never felt compelled to write a review before, however Racing Hell absolutely deserves a five star review. Peter, thank you for providing this honest account of motorsport and all of the details surrounding your history, your life, getting to this point, the ups and downs and the hard blows along the way.As a diehard motorsport fan and budding sim racing enthusiast, learnt so much from the book down to using failure as a learning opportunity, how preparation can provide a lot of the tools to success in racing, and the nuances around car setup have allowed me to see racing in such a refreshing light.Credit to you with your detailed description of the lap of the Nordschliefe, I'll be using this as a genuine Bible for any practice in my hobbies.5*

Lively account of a life in motorsport. I'd recommend this to any fan. The chapter on the lap at Nordshliefe is great

As an avid sim racer and a love for the green hell I couldn’t put this down! Gives great insight into an unseen arena of intrigue!For me personally, a great holiday read and one for the race book shelf!

I love driving and motorsport, but I’m not at all technical, so I wasn’t sure if this book would be for me. But Peter makes everything so accessible without dumbing it down - I feel I really learned a lot about how to drive effectively. The backstory and early days of his career with its trials and tribulations were fascinating too. I thoroughly recommend this, it’s an incisive, informative and very readable guide into behind-the-scenes motor racing.

I'm a big fan of sports car and touring car racing. This was hyped as being a much more honest and open behind the scenes of a driver's experience but I didn't really feel I learnt anything new or surprising.2 star rather than 1 because the chapter describing a lap of the nurburgring was a bit more engaging.

The long awaited Racing Hell book, most definitely did not disappoint!Using his long standing experience Peter Cate takes the reader on a tour of both the British National and the European Racing scenes, introducing them to the good, the bad and the simply dark side of this fabulous sport. He doesn’t hold back with his thoughts and comments about how ‘some’ teams and their drivers operate, at the same time as taking the reader in detail through a drivers preparation for a big endurance race and what happens out there in the wilds of the hauntingly fast and unpredictable Nurburgring Nordschleife!If you like Motor Sport , this book is a must…and great value too!

Racing Hell captured well what Peter Cate has gone through in his pursuit of being the best racing driver he can be, competing at as high a level he can obtain are invaluable.Aspiring racers, Teams, Sanctioning bodies and many others will gain by reading. Well written and entertaining as well.

This is an intelligently written and very exciting autobiographical account of the life of Peter Cate, a racing car driver with decades of experience. It cleverly mixes many aspects of life behind the wheel and behind the scenes, being part memoir, part advice to up-and-coming drivers, and part opinion-piece. He also looks at how he thinks racing should develop in the future to maintain the interest of drivers and their fans and sponsors, while improving safety and fairness - based on his own experiences and those of others in the sport. Deeply insightful, Peter's book also includes many amusing and entertaining anecdotes from on and off the track. Two real highlights for me were the snowmobile rides in Michigan and the chapter called "one hell of a lap" which, with a really quick-fire prose style, leads you around an exhilirating lap of the Nürburgring in the 24 hour race, as if you're actually the one driving the car! The book is in English and is available through amazon UK, Germany etc and is highly recommended.

This book is a candid insight into the life and career of a racing driver. The major aspect that separates this book from other racing books, is the structure of the book. Instead of being structured in chronological order of the life of a racing driver. This book is based around 24 chapters representing the 24 hours of key endurance races. These chapters highlight key themes of racing and incorporate Peter Cate's experiences throughout.

Great read, full of insider knowledge about the world of motorsport and the Nürburgring.

…and those who like motor sports.20 (or is it 21?) starts in the 24h Nürburgring give a lot of credibility, and it is super interesting to read the insights of how he got to motor sports, about driving techniques, car set up and what’s going on behind the scenes.Highly recommended for anybody who is interested in or active in motor sports!