Keke - An Autobiography Keke Rosberg

“When you win the championship, it's like a balloon. You let the air out and all there is left is a pile of rubber” “The public is your bread and butter” “There are moments of joy, but there is also 75 percent of frustration” That's the authentic voice of 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg, the Formula One driver; few are faster, fiercer or more hard-nosed. Keke is the story of a professional who came up the hard way, without money, backing or influence, strictly on his own merits. Not even Keith Botsford's previous very successful book with Alan Jones, Driving Ambition, digs quite as deeply into what makes a driver tick and risk his life. In this autobiography, Keke reveals just how much money counts, how all privacy is at a premium and how the prospect of frustration and disaster are ever present. Known for his charisma on the track, his absolute candour, his apparent fearlessness and his distaste for fools, Keke has produced a ruthlessly honest book: about himself and his colleagues the Villeneuves and Laudas and about the world of spurious glamour in which he moves. It is not only the story of a career with his race record detailed from 1965 to 1984, a discourse on the technique and `feel' of racing, but also an insight into a little-known world where life is at risk and every risk has its price.