Klaus Klaffenböck is one of Austria’s most successful motorsport racers. He is a winner of the Sidecar World Championship and has claimed victory three times in the world’s most dangerous race, the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT).
Now he tells the story behind it all in his autobiography, titled Dying Is For Others.
The book offers a rare and deeply personal insight into the mind of a man who lives on the edge, for whom suppressing the thought of death becomes a strategy for staying alive. With gripping immediacy, Klaffenböck describes extreme situations that are almost impossible for outsiders to imagine. Threading between concrete walls at 260 km/h, reason screams for the brakes – but pure racing instinct commands one thing: full throttle! “Klaffi” also looks back on his time as team manager in the Superbike World Championship and surprises readers with larger-than-life episodes away from the racetrack, many of them laugh-out-loud funny. The finishing touch comes in the form of a foreword by Gerhard Berger, winner of ten Formula One Grands Prix.
A special German-language edition limited to 200 copies is also available. Each copy is individually numbered, personally dedicated and hand-signed. As an exclusive bonus, it includes the legendary “Klaffi” sunglasses.
This book is not a book about motorsports. It is a glimpse into the mind of someone who has learned to make decisions when mistakes are not forgiven.
Klaus Klaffenböck explains how to make decisions under extreme pressure—on the racetrack and in real life.