A biography of Bernie Ecclestone, the international Formula One tycoon. Now 79, Ecclestone's success has not just been to create a multi-billion pound global business, but to resist repeated attempts to snatch it from his control. But he's never revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars to becoming the major player he is today. Until now, as he's told all to biographer Bower, and given him access to all his friends and enemies.