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Jamie Whincup

Drive of a Lifetime

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Jamie Whincup

By: Jamie Whincup
Narrated by: Alex Williams
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 This is the definitive account of the career of the winningest Supercar driver of all time, Jamie Whincup �- most championships, most race wins, most pole positions, most podiums. But it's also the story of the making of a champion - the drive, the beliefs, the grind and the teamwork that it takes to get to the top, on the track and off.

With such success, it's easy to understand why Jamie has always had a target painted squarely on his rear spoiler. And it all started back in 1991, when his father purchased Jamie his first-ever go-kart. With a fierce attitude and relentless desire to win, it was only a matter of time before Whincup made the leap to V8 Supercars.

Spotted by Garry Rogers, he made his debut at the Queensland 500 in 2002 before graduating to a full-time position with the team a year later. But there are ups and downs to life in the fast lane - loss of team sponsors, the rivalries, the fans, the partnerships, being true to the dream when everything looks like an off-ramp.

Given a lifeline by Tasman Motorsport in 2005, Whincup responded in style, partnering the late Jason Richards to podium results at Sandown and Bathurst. It was there that Triple Eight Race Engineering owner Roland Dane, a relative newcomer to Australian motorsport, spotted Whincup's talents.

In 2008, Jamie would finish the job after several near-misses at the title, sealing the crown in style with a victory in Race 1 at Oran Park. Six Supercar titles, four Bathurst 1000 victories and a Bathurst 12-hour win in the books, you'd be tempted to ride off into the sunset. But that's never been Jamie's style. While 2021 might be the close of a brilliant career behind the wheel, it's just the start of the next phase: team principal of Triple Eight Race Engineering a mentor the next generation of champions. Motor Sports Sports Career Biography
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Very interesting insight to Jamie and his journey. Not overly fussed on the narrator

Very enjoyable

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It's a pity this wasn't narrated by Jamie. Not having someone educate the narrator about how to pronounce names like Penske and Mallala is inexcusable.
Book is as you'd expect from someone as polarising as Whincup. If you're after insights into the person then you won't get any here.

Performance is Sub Par. Book is OK.

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Great book. Narration by Jamie would make it 5 star. (Few words mispronounced also)

Great book.

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Great insight into what makes him the best driver of the last decade and a behind the scenes look at the practices of Australia’s best racing team.
A must read for every racing fan, can’t wait to see how you go in 2022 leading the team.

Absolute champion coming from a ford fan

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Alex needs to learn the pronounce the words properly. Corowa, Benalla, Van Ginsberger and John Richards. The story was quite good

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A Really good medium size book, that gives enough information without waxing lyrical too far to the point of boring the listener. The narrator made far too many mistakes with pronunciation and some of the facts and figures were glaringly wrong, which is surprising given how simple some of them are to fact check.

Concise, No Bull....

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A fantastic listen and really indicative of what is the makeup of Jamie. a real insight into his development and importance of his mentors in his life and how he translated that into excellence.
I enjoyed every moment and have a real understanding of the importance of all his mentors and how he took all the learnings to become one of the greatest drivers Australia has ever seen. Of more importance is how this is shaped Jamie in his life

Just brilliant

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I’ve never done a review before but I felt this was worthy of one.

As a stand-alone book I believe this would be a good read with some great stories and a new insight into the life of Australia’s top Supercar driver. I’m definitely not a Whincup fan boy but I do respect his achievements on track and I have a new found respect for who he is as a person and how he was shaped mentally to be on top of his game for over 15 years. A few of the stories I already knew but there’s a lot of new information that makes this a worthy read.

The biggest letdown is the translation to audiobook with the narration being appalling at best. Several names were mispronounced, pronounced correctly and then mispronounced again in a different way to the first. The editing and cutting is off with some paragraphs being repeated twice and facts are wrong (John Richards winning Bathurst 3 times in a row?). Did anyone even listen to this before giving it publishing approval?

Overall I can’t give this any more than a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating because it’s a good story ruined by lazy narration. I believe it would have been much better if read by someone with a motorsports background. Save your money here and buy the hard copy, I wish that’s what I had have done.

Good book, disappointing narration

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