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A memoir that tracks the “glamorous and chaotic” world of Formula One has been published by two Jersey brothers, covering the sport's “greatest rivalries, tragedies, and scandals”.
Kris and Ian Henley have recently released ‘Starting from the Back of the Grid: Misadventures Inside Formula One’s Flying Circus’.
The memoir is based on Kris’s personal experience working as a Sports TV producer and cameraman in Formula One.
Promising to document the major rivalries, tragedies, and scandals within the sport, the book explores his interactions with motorsport legends and celebrities within the F1 world.
Pictured: The book charts Kris Henley's career path from a Victoria College student to a Sports TV producer.
Guenther Steiner, a motorsport engineer and Haas team manager, wrote a foreword to the book.
He said: “The book is a hilarious story of how a most unlikely character somehow succeeded in our crazy world.”
“It provides a unique perspective on how the Flying Circus really works”, he added.
Kris recorded adventures and interactions in a diary while working in the Formula One world, which became the basis for this book.
Kris said he was inspired to start this writing habit by his father, Bill Henley.
Kris said: “When I was sixteen, my father – who was an amateur writer himself - promised me a fiver if I wrote a daily diary for three months.
"Though I wasn’t very good in English class at school and had an extreme aversion to work or discipline of any kind, I shocked Dad by keeping up the habit and winning the bet.”
Pictured top right: Kris interviewing Bernie Ecclestone, the former Chief Executive of the Formula One Group.
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