Richard Williams was the chief sportswriter of the Guardian from 1995 to 2012, having previously worked for The Times and the Independent. He was the original presenter of BBC2's The Old Grey Whistle Test and was the artistic director of the Berlin Jazz Festival from 2015-17. Among his previous books are The Death of Ayrton Senna (1995), Racers (1997), Enzo Ferrari: A Life (2002) and The Last Road Race (2004). A Race with Love and Death is his most recent publication (Simon & Schuster, 2020).
'An exceptionally good book – Williams, as ever, has researched it
meticulously, marshalling his material into a manageable shape, and
then telling his story with a propulsive energy appropriate for the
event itself, and an eye for the telling detail that breathes new
air into even the bits you think you’re familiar with'
*Car Magazine*
'Even though you’ve read about the White House crash, the Jacky
Ickx grid walk and the McLaren F1 GTR many times Williams has other
nuggets to offer…an authoritative writer’
*Motorsport*
'Autosport has expressed its admiration for Williams before so a Le
Mans effort by him was always going to make it onto our ‘to-read’
list… Williams picks out certain themes and highlights key figures
who have shaped the history of the 24 Hours, conveying a sense of
what makes the event so special'
*Autosport*
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