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Bernie Ecclestone, Brabham team principal

Bernie Ecclestone

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Hungarian artist David Merlini, breaking his record for holdig his breath underwater (21 minutes and 29 seconds).

Bernie after a long working day ...

Ecclestone, Portrait

Bernie Ecclestone giving autographs

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A bussy Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, talkes to FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, and FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, and FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, talkes to FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Management, talkes to FIA’s media delegate Bonciani

Bernie Ecclestone will shake hands with many people this Grand Prix weekend, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone, Formula 1 executive and former owner of the successful Brabham F1 Team in the 1970's and '80s, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

For sure it's Bernie's cake ...

Bernie Ecclestone gets a Red Bull Ring cake, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone (left)

Bernie Ecclestone with Flavio Briatore

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone keeps an eye on the snapper

Bernie Eclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone poses with F1 in Schools founder Andrew Denford, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and the Championship winning Unitus Racing team members

Doyen of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone

FIA president Max Mosley with F1 promotor Bernard Ecclestone

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Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone in an interview for NBC television on the grid

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone checks the weather above the grid

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone arrives at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Journalist Gunther Wiesinger and Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock at the Red Bull Station, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone in the press centre, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive of F1 and in the sport for almost over four decades, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone in paddock, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone, the 85 years old British business magnate, chief executive of the Formula 1 Group, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone (left)

Bernie Ecclestone (left)

Bernie Ecclestone (left)

Formula 1 promotor Bernard Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone, busy as usual

Bernie Ecclestone checking the status quo of the arena

Bernard Ecclestone

'Godfather' of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone with his wife Slavica

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone in discussion with a local VIP

Many microphones aim at Bernie Ecclestone's words

Bernie Ecclestone with Marcelo da Silva in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone with Marcelo da Silva in the paddock

Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration

Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock before the Chinese Grand Prix 2010

Bernie Ecclestone takes a phone call under surveillance

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with VIP guests on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Felipe Massa caresses Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone leaves the Red Bull office after a meeting with Christian Horner

Bernie Ecclestone poses with local marshals for a souvenir photo

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

Bernie Ecclestone walks across the grid with his friend

Bernie Ecclestone is busy on the phone

Bernie Ecclestone waits in the door of his motorhome for a photoshooting with VIPs

Bernie Ecclestone

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclestone in front of his mobile office

Sunnyboy Vettel jokes with godfather Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone inspects the new track's facilities

Niki Lauda and Bernie Ecclestone

Brabham-BMW driver Nelson Piquet with team owner Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone jokes around with his Brazilian Brabham driver Nelson Piquet

Brabham driver Nelson Piquet and his team principal Bernard Ecclestone

Ecclestone with Michael Schumacher

Hot Ferrari news whispered into Bernie's discreet ear?

Bernie Ecclestone

Michael Schumacher winning the Brain & Spine-Foundation Price

Peter Sauber and Ecclestone

Ecclestone and Walkinshaw

Michael Schumacher receives a 'Bernie' award.

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone and children, FIA Road Safety campaign, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Bernie Ecclestone and Alain Prost, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Michel Boeri and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid. Boeri is the current president of the FIA's Senate, a Vice-President of the World Motor Sport Council and also also the president of the Automobile Club de Monaco.

Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of the Formula One Group, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone

Matteo Renzi, Bernie Ecclestone and Sergio Marchionne ahead of the race on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone with guests, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive of the Formula One Group, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Philipp Plein together with Bernie Ecclestone, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Snappers catch Bernie Ecclestone with Hiroshi Yasukawa of Bridgestone

Bernie Ecclestone enters his motorhome with FOM security delegate Pasquale Lattuneddu

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid together with Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, chairman and executive director of Banco Santander

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock, always connected to the world

Bernie Ecclestone and his daughter Tamara on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone in a good mood

Bernie Ecclestone walks through paddock in discussion with his right-hand Pasquale Lattuneddu

Bernie Ecclestones walks on the grid besides Trulli's grid position

Sir Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with Bernie Ecclestone before her ride in a two-seater race car

Bernie Ecclestone leaves his motorhome on Sunday after the race

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner and a Sky TV presenter

TV presenter Tamara Ecclestone speaks with her father Bernie

Bernie Ecclestone checks the interior of a World Championship-winning silver arrow (Fangio's 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196)

F1's godfather Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone poses for a souvenir photo with a little fan

Kubica's advisor Daniele Morelli und Alonso's Manager talk to Mr. Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone goes for a walk through pitlane

Bernie Ecclestone with a yet unknown VIP on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone is being picked up in the paddock by his reliable chauffeur

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock with Rita Barbera Nolla, mayor of Valencia

Bernie Ecclestone enters his car in front of caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann's cabin

Bernie Ecclestone arrives at the team boss meeting under comprehensive TV camera supervision

Bernie Ecclestone and Mercedes Motorsport Director Norbert Haug

Bernie Ecclestone jokes around on the grid with mit Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director

Bernie Ecclestone relaxed on the grid.

Bernie Ecclestone chatting up with Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner on the grid.

Bernie Ecclestone's grid visit.

Fabiana Flosi listens to Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone

McLaren Team principal Martin Whitmarsh listens to F1 godfather Bernie Ecclestone

F1 Supremo Bernard Ecclestone

The owners of a snack bar in the city show their devotion to Bernie and his sport

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes old friends in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone meets his girl friend Fabiana Flosi, marketing manager of the Brazilian Grand Prix, on the grid before the Hungarian GP

Bernie Ecclestone receives an honoury trophy from Brembo brakes chairman Alberto Bombassei

Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with American racer Nicky Hayden, Moto GP

Bernie Ecclestone arrives in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone chats with the reigning F1 World Champion Jenson Button

Bernie Ecclestone being interviewed

Brabham driver Nelson Piquet with his team principal Bernard Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone in discussion with Derek Warwick

Bernie Ecclestone talkes to Ron Dennis, Frensh Grand Prix, 1992

Bernie Ecclestone and Rubens Barrichello make their way through the photographers

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with team members and race visitors after a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

Bernie Ecclestone stands still on the grid amongst team members and race visitors to observe a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

Bernie Ecclestone poses with Jacky Ickx' wife Khadja Nin in the paddock

A self-confident Bernie Ecclestone before an interview

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with the Bahrainian rulers

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone talks with Mercedes sport boss Toto Wolff

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone chats with Lotus team principal Eric Boullier before the race

Formula One group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and the Bahrainian rulers

Formula 1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984, Niki Lauda, proudly receives the 2013 'Bernie Ecclestone Award' during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Formula 1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984, Niki Lauda, proudly receives the 2013 'Bernie Ecclestone Award' during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

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Bernie Ecclestone, his wife Fabiana and two grid-pass owners, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management, on the grid, Hockenheim, German Grand Prix, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone joking with Sebastian Vettel on the grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone comes to visit Sebastian Vettel, a low 12th on the grid, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone

Ferrari's Marco Mattiacci and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

A warm welcome for Jean Alesi, former French F1 driver

Bernie Ecclestone and Peter Sauber

A busy Bernie Ecclestone with Gerhard Berger, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

The Formula One Group CEO, 85 year old Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone and Ferrari's new team principal, Maurizio Arrivabene, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie talkes to Seb, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone meets championship leader and pole setter Lewis Hamilton on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone with his former team manager at Brabham in the 1980s, today FIA's deputy race director, Herbie Blash, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Jean Alesi accompanied by his son Giuliano meets Bernie Ecclestone, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone had to give more autographs - and patiently took more time for the fans - than one of the drivers.

Bernie Ecclestone stopping by heavily laden Jean Todt

Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore

Bernie Ecclestone with Andrew James, an executive of his FOM company

Bernie Ecclestone with Flavio Briatore

Formula 1 promoter Bernard Ecclestone receiving recent information from FIA race 'observer' Herbie Blash

F1 president Bernie Ecclestone with Honda Racing Development vice president Otmar Sznafnauer

Bernie Ecclestone and triple World Champion Nelson Piquet under TV surveillance

Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore chat with VIP guests

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Trullis manager Lucio Cavuto

Bernie Ecclestone called for a teamboss meeting at Toyota motorhome

Bernie Ecclestone with the Hungarian artist David Merlini who just broke his own world record for holding breath underwater

Ross Brawn during a meeting of the team principals with Mr. Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Force India team boss Colin Kolles

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone walks in Silverstone paddock

Sir Mick Jagger's daughter Jade is invited by Bernie Ecclestone to have a ride in the Santander two-seater race car, driven by BBC Top Gear's Stig

Belgian dairy farmers pose with Bernie Ecclestone before the Grand Prix of Formula 1 in Francorchamps as to take the chance to talk about current situation on milkmarket

John Surtees (Formula 1 World Champion 1964) talks with Bernie Ecclestone

Formula 1 godfather Bernie Ecclestone with John Surtees (Formula 1 World Champion 1964)

Formula One promotor Bernie Ecclestone with Martin Whitaker

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Nigel Mansell, Formula 1 World Champion 1992

Boys and their toys :)

David Coulthard genuflects to Bernie Ecclestone

Opera singer Placido Domingo (middle) with Bernie Ecclestone and an incognito VIP

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes VIP guests on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid, besides him Valencia's major Rita Barbera Nolla

John Button (Jenson's father) jokes with Bernie Ecclestone

A minute's silence is held on the grid for the late Juan Antonio Samaranch (former IOC President and former President of the Province of Barcelona) who died two weeks ealier.

Emerson Fittipaldi with Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone flirts on the grid with Afef Jnifen, wife of Pirelli's president Marco Tronchetti Provera

Bernie Ecclestone awarding the official F1 commentator Bob Constanduros for reaching the 500 Grands Prix record.

Bernie Ecclestone visits the McLaren people in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone checks the credentials of some cheaky Mercedes VIPs ;-)

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with FIA race steward Emerson Fittipaldi and an FIA VIP

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Red Bull principal Christian Horner on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone poses with a VIP and Frankie Dettori, an Italian jockey, for a souvenir photo on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone walks in front of his mobile office

Police escorts Bernie Ecclestone's limousine to the paddock

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone signs tabards of keen marshals in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone receives a piece from the huge cream pie of Hungaroring's 25th anniversary from the track's Vice President Tamas Frank

Bernie Ecclestone receives a piece from the huge cream pie of Hungaroring's 25th anniversary from the track's Vice President Tamas Frank

Formula One godfather Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock with his secretary

Williams and Brabham team bosses: Frank Williams and Bernie Ecclestone (also head of FOCA)

Model Naomi Campell hugging the doyen of F1 Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone with Riccardo Patrese

Bernie Ecclestone and a VIP (South African sporting minister?) visit Senna at the grid position

Ecclestone with Jean-Marie Ballestre

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock

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Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO) signs some VIP charity tickets from Mario Andretti for the upcoming US GP in Austin

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

Crown Prince His Highness Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa greets the applauding audience and the world's media on the grid

Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2013

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and the Bahrainian rulers

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks the grid with his wife Fabiana Flosi and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa

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Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone

Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone with a local beauty offering welcome drinks to open the new season

Paddock facility of "Mr. E" alias Bernie Ecclestone at Abu Dhabi

Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of the Formula One Group, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone with Renault executive engineeer Pat Symonds, introducing a new global F1 licensor, Austrian wrist watch manufacturer "Jacques Lemans". Many thanks to generous CEO Alfred Riedl and PR officer Walter Hell-Hoeflinger for the free sample!

Bernard Ecclestone in discussion with Colin Colles and Ian Phillips of Midland F1

Triple World Champion Nelson Piquet on the grid with Slavica and Bernie Ecclestone

Sir Stirling Moss meets Bernie Ecclestone and Prince Michael of Kent on the grid

Mercedes always provides a Maybach to Mr. Ecclestone - are the colours matching his motorhome on purpose?

Formula One promotor Bernie Ecclestone takes his VIP guests, Malaysian politicians, around for a walk on the grid

Hiroshi Yasukawa, Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, discusses with Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone with the 'new' team's boss Ross Brawn

Bernie Ecclestone talks to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton unveils a commemorative plaque in his honour for the 'Champions Avenue' together with Bernie Ecclestone and circuit boss Ramon Praderas

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with his daughter Petra and her friend

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed by a demanding international media

Bernie Ecclestone talks on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

Bernard Ecclestone introduces BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica to a pleased VIP guest on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone talks on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

Bernard Ecclestone visits the already prepared Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen on the pole position

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore and Bernard Ecclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone presents the action on the grid to two VIP guests

Juan Manuel Fangio's nephew Juan Manuel

Bernie Ecclestone at Jody Scheckter's (Formula 1 World Champion 1979) original Ferrari 312T4

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton at the silver grid front row

Fernando Alonso poses on the grid for a souvenir photo with Bernie Ecclestone

Slavica Ecclestone asks Ferrari's logistics manager Kotur for the way in front of Bernie's motorhome

Bernie Ecclestone is visited by actress Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel enjoys a visit of Bernie Ecclestone and VIPs on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and RBR Team Principal Christian Horner before the race.

Bernie Ecclestone chatting and checking the new McLaren road car (MP4-12C).

Bernie Ecclestone posing with the new McLaren road car (MP4-12C).

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell visit the Red Bull float-a-home.

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.

Bernie Ecclestone checking the new McLaren road car (MP4-12C).

Bernie Ecclestone with ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell on grid.

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Gerhard Berger of Toro Rosso

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Jacky Ickx on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone embraces Jacky Ickx on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone listens to Jacky Ickx on the grid

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone gives Ferrari's Felipe Massa a squeeze

Bernie Ecclestone with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid before the Hungarian GP

Jenson Button and Bernie Ecclestone wait for a piece of the cream pie

Nigel Mansell, FIA race stewart at Spa and F1 World Champion of 1992, talks with Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt inspect the new track's press rooms

Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni chats with Brabham team boss Bernie Ecclestone (right) and Carlos Pace, Belgium Grand Prix, Zolder, 1975

Brabham team principal Bernie Ecclestone with McLaren team principal Teddy Mayer in Monaco's open pitlane

Brabham driver Nelson Piquet talks with car designer Gordon Murray whilst team principal Bernard Ecclestone listens

Brabham principal Bernie Ecclestone at pit wall. Next to him his team manager Herbie Blash

Bernie Ecclestone with Ferrari driver Jean Alesi and Williams driver Nigel Mansell

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone listens to Eddie Jordan, TV presenter and former team boss

Monza celebrates 90 years of racing with Bernie Ecclestone, Il Direttore dell'Autodromo (left) Enrico Ferrari and Carlo Edoardo Valli, presidente dell'Automobile club di Milano (with moustache)

Monza celebrates 90 years of racing with Bernie Ecclestone, il Direttore dell'Autodromo (left) Enrico Ferrari and Carlo Edoardo Valli, presidente dell'Automobile club di Milano (with moustache)

'Bernie Avenue' leads directly to the track

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Jacky Ickx and his wife Khadja Nin in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock with IOC President Jacques Rogge and his wife Anne before the British Grand Prix

Bayern Muenchen chairman Franz Beckenbauer, hugs Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone before the race

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and Niki Lauda of Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone and Mexican Sergio Perez, Mexican Grand Prix, 2015

Donald MacKenzie (CVC Partners), Bernie Ecclestone and Pasquale Lattuneddu, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Starting grid cerimonial, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone, business as usual, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Farewell for Herbie Blash, the FIA's deputy race director at all Grands Prix since 1995, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone borrows his ear to Bahrain's race director Martin Whitaker

Bernie Ecclestone talks to Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

Lewis Hamilton and Bernie Ecclestone shake hands on the grid

Before the race, Bernie Ecclestone wishes polesitter Sebastian Vettel the best of luck besides the grid

Before the race, Bernie Ecclestone wishes polesitter Sebastian Vettel the best of luck besides the grid

French motor federation chief Nicolas Deschaux is being warmly welcomed on the grid by F1 promotor Bernard Ecclestone

F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone

FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting and FOM's Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with former DaimlerChrysler board member Juergen Hubbert and McLaren boss Ron Dennis

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid for a national TV station

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone revealing Vettel's plaquette at Circuit de Catalunya.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel caresses 'godfather' Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race.

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry and Mercedes guest Mike Lynch

Bernie Ecclestone brightens up the mood on the cloudy race day and shakes hands with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull on their way to drivers parade

Michael Schumacher gets the first slice from the 1000-servings cream pie of Hungaroring's 25th anniversary from the hand of the track's Vice President Tamas Frank

Bernie Ecclestone talks with the Red Bull drivers Vettel and Webber in front of his motorhome

Teo Chee Hean (SIN) Deput Prime Minister of Singapore with Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany) for which he wrote the foreword, and Pasquale points at a very memorable photo

FIA Formula One Commission member for the Korean GP, Mr. Yung Cho Chung, with Bernie Ecclestone and FIA President Jean Todt

Formula One godfather Bernie Ecclesone promenades on the grid with his daughter Tamara

Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed

Ken Tyrrell (Tyrrell), Bernie Ecclestone (Brabham team owner and FOCA spokesman) and Jackie Oliver (Arrows), discussing dissensions between the FISA and the FOCA

ATS team principal Guenther Schmid in discussion with Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone

Soccer player Dennis Bergkamp scrolling along the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and the FFSA president Jean-Marie Balestre

Ecclestone on the grid with Ballestre and Max Mosley

Bernie Ecclestone shaking hands with his former employee Tom Rubython.

King of Spain with Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone talks with his Formula One Management security officer Pasquale Lattuneddu

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton chats with Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday after qualifying

Bernie Ecclestone and Mario Andretti listen to Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner on the grid

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed at the grid

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton chats with Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday after qualifying

On Saturday afternoon, Bernie Ecclestone points the racing direction out to Seb Vettel

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with Michel Jalinier, Renault President, and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of of Renault-Nissan

Bernie Ecclestone poses with VIPs on the grid

Sir Jackie Stewart whispers into Bernie Ecclestone's ear

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with Rudolf Graf von der Schulenburg, acting AvD president, and star photographer Monty Shadow (right hand)

The Italian journalist Giorgio Terruzzi approaches Bernie Ecclestone about a new charity project

On their way into the paddock, Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner chat together

Interview appointment with Mario Andretti (Formula One World Champion 1978), Niki Lauda (Triple Formula One World Champion 1975, 1977 and 1984) and Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO)

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock and gives thumbs up to the first Chinese F1 driver Ma Qinghua of HRT

Bernie Ecclestone talks with his Formula One Management security officer Pasquale Lattuneddu

Bernie Ecclestone and Kai Ebel (RTL TV), Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone and Kai Ebel (RTL TV) in the paddock, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Championship leader, and Bernie Ecclestone, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 2015

Juan Carlos and Bernie Ecclestone arrived at 1st grid position, Lewis' place, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

"It's going to be three in a row", Bernie Ecclestone and Nico Rosberg, who is about to claim a third successive Formula 1 race win, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2015

Felipe Massa and Benie Ecclestone on the grid, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone during a short chat on the grid with Turkish notables, Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh

Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone speaks to Colin Kolles

McLaren principal Ron Dennis chats on grid with Slavica and Bernie Ecclestone

Presentation of the F1 Opus tome which contains also photos taken by Rainer - check www.Formula1.com for details.

Talent Sebastian Vettel is being honored by a little slap on his shoulder from Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes a VIP guest on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and Juan Carlos, King of Spain

Team boss meeting is over, everybody is curious what it was about

Bernie Ecclestone explains facts during a teamboss meeting at Toyota motorhome whilst BMW Motorsport director Mario Theissen and Force India team boss Vijay Mallya listen carefully

Hand in hand, the Turkish president Abdullah Gül is being guided through the crowds at Ferrari's grid position by Bernie Ecclestone

The Turkish president Abdullah Gül is being guided over the grid by Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone offers an exclusive sightseeing tour to the Turkish president Abdullah Gül

Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with Jean Todt's wife Michelle Yeoh

A fully equipped Red Bull Racing service station

Handshake between FIA presidential candidates Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen

Handshake between FIA presidential candidates Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen

Bernie Ecclestone caresses Peter Sauber on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Peter Sauber on Yas Marina Circuit's grid

Bernie Ecclestone shakes hands on the grid with BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen, watched by H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority

Bernie Ecclestone poses for the press with singer Pharrell Williams, actress Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony

Bernie Ecclestone and Michael Schumacher meet in the paddock

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Christian Horner and Bernie Ecclestone revealing Vettel's plaquette at Circuit de Catalunya.

Bernie Ecclestone with ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.

Bernie Ecclestone in a friendly chat with Michelle Yeoh.

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Force India owner Vijay Mallya on the grid

A patient Bernie Ecclestone poses with his fans

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone autographs Felipe Massa's T-Shirt

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone talks with Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya, son of Mateschitz' partner Chaleo Yoovidhya

German RTL TV's Kai Ebel interviews Bernie Ecclestone and Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone meets Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya, son of Mateschitz' partner Chaleo Yoovidhya

Bernie Ecclestone browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany) for which he wrote the foreword

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclesone chats on the grid with the legendary Brazilian F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi

Rolf Stommelen sits in the 3rd Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 and talks to team boss Bernie Ecclestone, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1976

Bernie Ecclestone answers questions to the international media

Bernie Ecclestone congratulates Sauber CEO Monisha Kaltenborn subsequently to her 41st birthday

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone answers former F1 driver and Sky representative Martin Brundle's questions on the grid

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Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone with Rhinelands premier minister Kurt Beck and Wilhelm Lyding of the ADAC

Principal come-together: Prince Albert de Monaco with Bernard Ecclestone in the paddock

Is Bernie explaining the rules to Dr. Hohensinner?

David Richards comes across Bernie Ecclestone and Prince Michael of Kent on the grid

Presentation watchers on the grid: Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner, John Howett, Richard Branson and Ross Brawn

Presentation watchers on the grid Christian Horner, Richard Branson and Bernie Ecclestone

Famous actress Michelle Yeoh temptingly caresses Bernie Ecclestone whilst Flavio Briatore draws off the attention of her husband

Bernie Ecclestone is being interviewed on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and world star Placido Domingo watch the busy grid

Bernie Ecclestone and world star Placido Domingo visit Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone chats on the grid with H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, and Enzo Ferrari's son Piero Lardi

Bernie Ecclestone leans over Emerson Fittipaldi's (Formula 1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974) Lotus 72

Opera singer Placido Domingo (left) and Bernie Ecclestone on McLaren's grid place with an incognito VIP

Bernie Ecclestone with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid

Shortly before the race, Bernie Ecclestone gives last advise to polesetter Vettel

On the grid before the race, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gets best wishes and a clap from his friend Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone is interviewed on the grid by former F1 driver Martin Brundle

Bernie Ecclestone hands over Rainer Schlegelmilch's new honoury pass as the crescendo to his surprise party in the Ferrari motorhome (Photo © Trenkler's)

Bernie Ecclestone receives an honoury trophy from Brembo brakes chairman Alberto Bombassei, alongside stand Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber and Ferrari drivers Alonso and Massa

Bernie Ecclestone shows the direction of Formula One

Niki Lauda and Bernie Ecclestone of Brabham, Monaco 1979

Bernie Ecclestone with Renaul team boss Flavio Briatore

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone walk the grid

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with Lotus team boss Eric Boullier on the grid

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with VIPs on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone explains the grid to local authorities

Bernie Ecclestone meeting Mercedes people at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Felipe Massa shakes hands with Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone with VIP guests Victoria and David Beckham

Bernie Eclestone on the grid with Banco Santander's chairman of the board and F1 premium sponsoring partner Emilio Botin

Bernie Ecclestone walks over the grid with Richard Cregan, CEO to Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM) and H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority

F1 promoter Bernie Ecclestone together on the grid with singer Jay Kay, Jamiroquai front man

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone, the drivers and key personnel observe a minute's silence in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Formula 1 director Bernie Ecclestone is interrogated by local journalists

It is loud in the paddock, and Eddie Jordan seems to tell a secret to Bernie Ecclestone

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclesone chats on the grid with the legendary Brazilian F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi

Bernie Ecclesone chats on the grid with the wife of the legendary Emerson Fittipaldi

The new Brabham driver Brazilian Nelson Piquet talkes to Gordon Murray and Bernie Ecclestone, Spanish Grand Prix, 1979

Carlos Pace's Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 on the grid

FIA medical delegate Professor Sid Watkins, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher and Veteran commentator Murray Walker pick up their eponymous 'Bernie' awards, which are presented at Circuit de Catalunya in the presence of the F1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone (middle).

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Bernie Ecclestone visits Sauber's team principal Monisha Kaltenborn on the first row of the grid before the race

Interview appointment with Mario Andretti (Formula One World Champion 1978), Niki Lauda (Triple Formula One World Champion 1975, 1977 and 1984) and Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO)

Niki Lauda, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Juan Carlos I. of Spain and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

'Mr. E.' carresses Renault test driver Nelsinho Piquet - whose father Nelson won two World Championship titles with Bernies Brabham team in 1981 and 1983

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid, his family behind him

Bernie Ecclestone with VIP guests Victoria and David Beckham in front of his mobile office

Bernie Ecclestone, Christian Horner of Red Bull and Virgin's Richard Branson applaude for Hungarian artist David Merlini who just broke his own world record for holding breath underwater

Designated Ferrari director and board member Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh meet Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock

The Turkish president Abdullah Gül and Bernie Ecclestone visit the Ferrari team on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone and world star Placido Domingo chat with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

Bernie Eclestone on the grid with Banco Santander's chairman of the board and F1 premium sponsoring partner Emilio Botin

Bernie Ecclestone chats on the grid with H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, and Enzo Ferrari's son Piero Lardi

Bernie Ecclestone and HRH Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa admire the historic car collection

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo with McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa

F1 drivers and honourables clustrer around the 1000-servings cream pie of Hungaroring's 25th anniversary

On the grid Bernie Ecclestone listens to Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player

Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player, shakes hands on the grid with Airtel's representative

FOM's Bernie Ecclestone poses with "his" top drivers of McLaren and Ferrari (left to right): David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Bernie himself, Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello.

Hungarian GP 2000, Bernie Ecclestone and the four topdrivers of the season: David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes), Michael Schumacher (Ferrari), Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) and Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari)

Come-together of most important supporters to Sid Watkins' (left) "Brain & Spine Foundation": Jenson Button, Bernie Ecclestone, Michael Schumacher and Murray Walker

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Mercedes Chairman Dieter Zetsche with Bernie Ecclestone, Niki Lauda and guestes at the grid, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, 2014

Bernie Ecclestone giving an interview to Niki Lauda, his rescuer Arturo Merzario and Florian Koenig of RTL

Bernie Ecclestone with daughter Tamara and Silverstone boss Richard Phillips

Jody Scheckter, Bernie Ecclestone and HRH Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa talk shop

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt on the grid.

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview to German TV

Previously sad but now happy again looking Fernando Alonso enjoyed a warm hug from Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Previously sad but now happy looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone who speaks a serious word

Previously sad but now enlightened looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone gives a personal tour on the grid to Red Bull's Christian Horner for the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, and local VIPs

Bernie Ecclestone (middle) and Gordon Murray (wearing headphones) at Nelson Piquet's car in the Brabham pits, Austrian GP, Zeltweg, 1981.

Turkish premier Erdogan (left), Bernie Ecclestone (middle) and Mike Tyson on the grid.

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Bernie Ecclestone and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi meeting Toyota bosses at the grid

Bernie Eccleston stands on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Bernie Eccleston walks on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Bernie Ecclestone and the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, visit Championship contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull at his first grid position

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Bernie Ecclestone visits the Mercedes GP pits for a photo call with Nick Fry, Ross Brawn and Dato Sri Mohd Najib, Malaysian 6th Prime Minister

Bernie Ecclesone and Banco Santander's chairman of the board Emilio Botin meet on the grid

Ecclestone and his Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Kalifa

Nelson Piquet in the Brabham-BMW cockpit, surrounded by chief mechanic Charlie Whiting, Brabham team boss Bernie Ecclestone and the car's designer Gordon Murray

Bernie Ecclestone presents his star drivers and World Championship leaders David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello

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Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, Juan Carlos I. and Bernie Ecclestone on the grid, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, visits Championship favourite Fernando Alonso on the grid

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone (right hand) chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Formula One god father Bernie Ecclestone sits on a rail for a group photo with the top five drivers Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel

F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone with Juan Carlos, King of Spain, and FIA President Jean Todt

Formula One god father Bernie Ecclestone sits on a rail for a group photo with the top five drivers Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel

Bernie Ecclestone and the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, visit Championship contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull at his first grid position

The German engineer and former technical head of BMW Motorsport, Paul Rosche, who's M12/13 turbocharged 1500cc 4-cylinder engine had won the 1983 Formula 1 World Champion with Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham Racing Team, has died two weeks ago.

Bernie Ecclestone introduces the recent motto at the Jordan airbox

Bernie Ecclestone's motorhome overlooks the paddock

Lewis Hamilton talkes to Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone inspects the media centre.

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, Prince Albert de Monaco, Flavio Briatore, Prince Andrew, Fernando Alonso and his Highness the Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Kalifa

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Niki Lauda and Arturo Merzario (left)

Paddock facility of Bernie Ecclestone, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 2016

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Mick Jagger's daughter Jade with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Jenson Button of Brawn GP with Bernie's 'Push The Button' design

Bernie Ecclestone watches Schumacher's Mercedes being set up on eighth grid position

Red Bull star Sebastian Vettel chats on the grid with Bernie Ecclestone.

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko enjoys a visit of Bernie Ecclestone

The "Bernie" awards of Professor's Sid Watkins's (far left) Brain and Spine Foundation. Recipients are Jenson Button, Bernie Ecclestone, Michael Schumacher and BBC TV commentator Murray Walker.

BMW Motorsport Director Dr. Mario Theissen with Bernie Ecclestone and singer Cliff Richards

Felipe Massa hugs the Brazilian lawyer Fabiana Flosi, carefully watched by Bernie Ecclestone

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

Before the race, Jenson Button jokes around with Bernie Ecclestone's wife Slavica on the grid.

A group photo session with Bernie Ecclestone, the team principals and (nearly) all the drivers

The podium has a beautiful backdrop, a compilation of all F1 world champions - and Bernie

Toto Wolff, Mercedes F1 executive director, with his technical director Paddy Lowe and Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone chats with the Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel in the paddock

A silver bracelet, not made but held by Moko, is a present of Bernie to Rainer

Two-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and F1 Group executive Bernie Ecclestone, Bahrain Grand Prix, 2015

Bernie Ecclestones wife Fabiana in front of a Red Bull Ring cake, Spielberg, Austrian Grand Prix, 2016

FOM tends in the paddock with Bernie Ecclestone, while Singapore awaits it’s 6th F1 Grand Prix

"Come this way!" Gerhard Berger and Flavio Briatore in the paddock at Bernie's motorhome, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Nelson Piquet in the 1.5 t/c Brabham BT53-BMW 4, watched by Bernie Ecclestone, Gordon Murray and Paul Rosche

Young Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi and Sergio Marchionne, chairman of Ferrari, meet up with Bernie Ecclestone, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Bernie Ecclestone poses with F1 in Schools founder Andrew Denford, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and the Championship winning Unitus Racing team members.

Bernie Ecclestone poses with F1 in Schools founder Andrew Denford, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and the Championship winning Unitus Racing team members.

Bernie Ecclestone poses with F1 in Schools founder Andrew Denford, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and the Championship winning Unitus Racing team members.

Team bosses are invited to meeting with Bernie on Friday - Colin Kolles (Force India), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari) and Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing)

Groupshot of all the drivers, Bernie Ecclestone and the GP's organisers - posing before the first U.S. GP in many years (the first official at Indianapolis).

Bernie Ecclestone and all Formula One drivers stand still for a minute's silence on the grid before the race in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Brabham team boss Bernie Ecclestone observes his chief mechanic Charlie Whiting and designer Gordon Murray as they talk to driver Teo Fabi. His team-mate Piquet relaxes on the pitwall.

McLaren had been caught out by Honda's decision to quit F1 and so ended up with Ford V8 engines, surrounded here on South Africa's grid my Mansour Ojjeh, Ron Dennis, Bernie Ecclestone and McLaren engineers

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

Helmut Marko (A)

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

Driver's briefing befor the start for the Belgian Grand Prix, 1962 (left to right hand): Trevor Taylor, Tony Maggs, Jim Clark, John Campbell-Jones, Bruce McLaren, Jo Siffert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther, Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Jochen Rindt

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda

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Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962