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Nov 4, 2011

The Limit, Michael Cannell



Since its inception Formula One racing has been the epitome of money, spectacle, glamour and danger; and back in the swinging sixties that danger could be deadly.  F1 racing drivers didn’t have fireproof suits and wore flying helmets and goggles. Their attrition rate was high and just watching a race could get you killed.  Into this high-octane world drove Phil Hill, a lone American driver in a sea of Europeans.  Hill’s goal? To race for the legendary Enzo Ferrari.  In this true story Hill battles racing greats like Fangio, Stirling Moss, Jim Clark and ultimately his Ferrari team mate Wolfgang Von Trips.  Ferrari pits his two drivers against each other as they battle for the 1961 world championship.

The Limit is a snapshot of a sport that is still a European obsession.

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