When the lights turn green at the start of every Formula One race, one man is
always last on the grid. He is Sid Watkins, the official Grand Prix surgeon.
Watkins has witnessed every major accident in Formula One racing since 1978 and
records his experiences in Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in Formula One
(Macmillan, £16.99, ISBN 0 333 65774 8).
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