No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone. by Tom Bower (edit title/settings)

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• Ecclestone: Bernie Ecclestone, Legendary head of F1 - subject of the book.
• Max Mosley: Repulsive former head of FIA; disgraced out his post by the public revelations of his Nazi themed BDSM parties. Son of Nazi sympathiser Oswald Mosley and Nancy Mitford. Ran March racing in the 70's, old friend of Bernie.
• Balestre: Head of the FIA in the days before Mosely.
• Ron Dennis: Former head of Mclaren racing, removed from his post as team principal after 'spygate'. Rumoured to be a difficult and unpleasant person. Responsible for inflicting Hamilton on the sport - Cheers for that Mr. Dennis:(
• Luca Montezemolo: Head of the Ferrari F1 operation. Former Chairman of Fiat.
• Bernie: Bernie Ecclestone.
• Gribkowsky: Add a description of this character.
• Mackenzie: Gordon Mackenzie, Scottish venture capitalist involved in the mind-boggling finance of F1.
• Colin Chapman: Engineer who started the Lotus racing team in the and is considered a legend in motorsport. Died aged 54 close to bankruptcy.
• Nelson Piquet Senior: Brazilian Former world champion driver with Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team. Father of Nelson Piquet Jnr (Nelsinio) who later drove with little success for the Renault team.
• Schumacher: Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in the history of F1. Drove for Jordan, Benetton and Ferrari and won 7 world championships (2 Renault , 5 Ferrari) before retiring. Returned to F1 in 2010 with the Mercedes team but has shown none of his previously brilliant form.
• Flavio Briatore: Flamboyant and super sleazy former boss of the Renault racing team who is mostly famous for being photographed in indecent swimwear on his yacht and despite looking like a mouldy slug that got left in the sun for too long, has somehow dated a whole bunch of supermodels. Briatore was banned from the sport after instructing Nelson Piquet Junior to deliberately crash at the Singapore Grand Prix, ruining the careers of Pat Symonds and Nelson Piquet in the process. Also arrested on his yacht for tax shenanigans.
• Rindt: Jochen Rindt, formula one driver.
• Slavica: The former Mrs. Ecclestone, Croation and former Armani model. Mother of daughter's Petra and Tamara. Said to be a bit of a handful.
• Brabham: Jack Brabham, race team owner. Bernie latyer purchased the Brabham team.
• Blair: Tony Blair, Prime Minister that Ecclestone allegedly paid £1million to keep tobacco sponsors in F1.
• Frank Williams: Team principal of Williams F1.
• Alonso: Fernando Alonso, Spanish 2 x world champion for the Renault team. Had a bad stint at Mclaren as team mate of Hamilton, now drives for the Scuderia.Very closely allied with Briatore.
• Silverstone: The home of the British Racing Drivers Club and home of the British Grand Prix. The circuit is seen as an embarrassment compared to some of the international circuits, in so called developing countries.
• Duffeler
• Mcnally: Former owner of Allsport, the company responsible for the promotion of the circuits.
• Murray: Gordon Murray, respected designer of racecars
• Lanphere
• Tuana: Bernie Ecclestone's second wife, he left first wife Ivy, for Tuana, then left her when mistress Slavica became pregnant.
• Jackie Stewart: The best moaner in the world of motorsport and three time world champion.
• Seeley
• Howett: John Howett was Toyota team principal until Toyota withdrew from F1.
• Jean Todt: Former Ferrari team principal who was also Peugeot Rally team manger with Ari Vatanen driving. Currently head of FIA.
• Eisele
• Sidney
• Ann Jones: Bernie's long serving Secretary
• Ken Tyrrell: Former head of Tyrell racing. Man who came up with the short lived 6 wheel car.
• Senna: Ayrton Senna. Dead Brazilian driver. Either the greatest driver in the world, or a bit of a bully depending on which hype you believe.
• Mullens
• Bernard: Bernard Ecclestone. Legend.
• Debbie: Bernie Ecclestone's daughter from his first marriage to Ivy.
• Van Miert: Belgian MEP who banged heads with Bernie over F1 rights.
• Zimmerman: Close friend of Bernie.
• Tauranac

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• “Abroad when the received announced the auction to sell three Connaught cars and spares, Ecclestone ordered an employee at his showroom in Bexleyheath to buy everything. "What price?" he was asked. "I don't care," Ecclestone replied, "just go and buy." Merely owning the obsolete cars would be his passport into the elite club. Nostalgia played no part in his venture.”

• “One dealer who had tricked Ecclestone was pleasantly surprised to be offered 'a Mercedes 230SL hard top', a convertible sports car with a detachable hard roof, for an advantageous price. After paying in cash, the dealer was told by Ecclestone: 'The hard top's in the street outside.' The dealer found the hard roof sitting on the tarmac - but no car.”

• “'Formula One', said Chapman in a coded complaint about Ecclestone, 'has degenerated into power struggles and political manoeuvrings between manipulators attempting to make more money out of the sport than they put in.' The future, he warned, was blighted by a 'quagmire of plagiarism, chicanery and petty rule interpretations.'”

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• London
• Foca
• Europe
• Paris
• Monaco
• Monza
• Britain
• Paddock
• Brazil
• Germany
• Italy
• Maranello
• England
• France
• America
• Biggin Hill
• Belgium
• Melbourne
• Brussels
• Switzerland
• Kyalami
• Japan
• Spain
• Haffa
• Heathrow
• Dartford
• South Africa
• Downing Street
• Jordan
• Hockenheim
• Austria
• Ugueux
• Singapore
• Australia
• Imola
• New York
• Montreal
• Argentina
• Brands Hatch
• Bahrain
• Croatia
• São Paulo
• Jersey
• Munich
• Alfa Romeo
• Canada
• Geneva
• Russia

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• FIA: Add a description of this organization.
• Formula One Teams' Association
• Formula One Management

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• Books › Sports › Miscellaneous › Motor Sports
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs