Feel: my autobiography

In 1983 at just 21 years old, Freddie won his first world motorcycling championship.

He is the only man to win the 500cc and 250cc Grand Prix titles in the same year.

He is regarded as the greatest of all time by many, dubbed 'The Natural' by fans and described as 'the Senna of motorcycle racing' by MotorSport magazine.

Freddie's meteoric rise from humble beginnings in Louisiana to the pantheon of greats is the stuff of sporting legend.

He was the teenage rookie who beat superstars Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts.

He came of age on the MotoGP circuit, in an historic era of drama and gritty romance, when riders reckoned on three fatalities a year.

There were terrifying near misses, smashed bones, and spectacular achievements.

But there's another, very human, side to this story.