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Bernie: The Biography of Bernie Ecclestone - Softcover
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"While Susan Watkins biography is evidently a sympathetic one, it's not a whitewash. (About his interactions with journalists: "At the end, the interviewer is usually no wiser.") An in-depth look at a complex personality; full of neat gossip." - Road & Track"Hot on the heels of renewed talk of a F1 'breakaway' series, reports quote Ron Dennis as accusing Bernie Ecclestone of stealing the sport's commercial rights from the teams. The McLaren supremo's comments appear in the new Ecclestone biography called 'Bernie'. "Bernie effectively stole Formula One from us," Dennis charged. He is referring to the transfer of F1's lucrative commercial rights from the team-led Formula One Constructors' Association (FOCA) to Ecclestone's company in the 90s. "He used this commercial benefit to persuade the teams to accept a contract that eliminated them from the passing of rights as had previously existed," Dennis said in the book. McLaren - as well as Williams - contested the transaction, claiming that some of the profits of the rights' subsequent sale belonged to them. The British teams also sued the law firms that represented them for giving bad advice, but Ecclestone insists they simply regretted not making a wiser decision
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No Angel: Description Secret Animal of Bernie Ecclestone
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Bernie: The Biography of Bernie Ecclestone
I skimmed over later chapters on the long-running battles over Silverstone and the finances of F1 (with CVC and the teams) but at least I now have in-depth accounts of these to refer to.
The early stories really do form a picture of his character to keep in mind for current and future F1 news. I can see why Joe Saward praised it in his round-up of Ecclestone biographies...
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It was on the strength of this review that I asked Santa for Susan Watkins' book. She doesn't criticise much, but I'm sure the other two books put the boot in a little more, if that's what you're after...