Bernie Ecclestone
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Bernie Ecclestone is a British business magnate born in 1930 who became one of the most powerful figures in motorsport. He is notable for building and controlling the Formula One racing series into a global commercial enterprise, making him one of the most influential people in the sport's history.
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Bernard Charles Ecclestone is a British business magnate. He is the former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns Delta Topco, the previous ultimate parent company of the Formula One Group.
Known for
- Benetton Formula — Self2025
- Senna 30 Anos: O Dia que Ainda Não Terminou — Self (archive footage)2024
- Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story — Self2023
- Lucky! — Self2022
- Mosley: It's Complicated — Self2021
- Schumacher — Self2021
- Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story — Self2020
- Brabham — Self2020
- Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned Champion — Self2020
- Race to Perfection — Self
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Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is a British business magnate, motorsport executive and former racing driver. Widely known in journalism as the "F1 Supremo", Ecclestone founded the Formula One Group in 1987, controlling the commercial rights to Formula One until 2017.
Born in Suffolk and raised in Bexleyheath, Ecclestone began his business career trading motorcycle parts after World War II. He started racing in Formula Three in 1949, winning multiple races at Brands Hatch driving a Cooper Mk V. After purchasing two Connaught chassis in 1958, Ecclestone entered the Monaco and British Grands Prix in Formula One as a privateer, but did not qualify at either. He then became a driver manager for Stuart Lewis-Evans and Jochen Rindt, the latter winning the World Drivers' Championship posthumously in 1970. Ecclestone purchased Brabham in 1972—which he operated for 15 years—leading the team to 22 victories, as well as two World Drivers' Championship titles with Nelson Piquet. He co-founded the Formula One Constructors' Association two years later, leading them through the FISA–FOCA war.