“In The Limit, Michael Channell tells the enthralling story of Phil Hill, a lowly mechanic who would become the first American born driver to win the Grand Prix Championship. … It brings readers up close to the remarkable men who surrounded Hill on the circuit, men like Hill’s teammate and rival, the soigne and cool-headed German count Wolfgang Von Tripps (nicknamed Count Von Crash) and Enzo Ferrari, the reclusive and monomaniacal padrone of the Ferrari racing empire.”