Driven To Crime: True stories of wrongdoing in motor racing

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The book is 500 pages but made up of profiles of 66 different profiles, all independent of each other, so you can read it like a book of collected short stories.

With it all seeming so easy, the regularity with which he sent phoney invoices to his employers spiralled out of control. In defence of his 36-year-old client, Peter Warne told the court: ‘Munroe describes himself, or his creation, as “a monster which he could not stop”.Description Description People lie, cheat, steal and even kill for a variety of reasons, one of which is to go motor racing, a particularly expensive and egotistical sport. Although his job prospects and personal life didn’t change materially over the next couple of years, he ended up being able to acquire a Ferrari 348tb in the classic and desirable colour combination of Rosso Corsa with cream hide interior.

Other offences included committing fraud to get the job, obtaining money through fraud and four counts of transferring criminal property. Immediately after the Brands Hatch race, Munroe funded an extravagant trip to the third round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at Mosport in Canada for Goodwin and several AM Racing personnel.Yet he was a man of contradictions whose ego seemed to grow each time he made one of his sporadic appearances on the starting grid. An enthusiastic collector of classic cars, he lives in a 16th century manor house in Northamptonshire, conveniently close to Silverstone. His behaviour guaranteed that he would draw attention to himself to such an extent that it was almost as if he wanted to get caught.