Thursday 16 July 2015 13:13, UK
Racing driver, team owner, the head of F1’s governing body – Max Mosley just about did it all in a motorsport career that spanned over 40 years.
Now, six years after ending his tenure at the helm of the FIA, the 75-year-old has decided the time is right to put his side of the story across with the release of his autobiography Formula One and beyond, which looks back at some of the most momentous and controversial times in the history of F1.
In a fascinating interview with Sky Sports F1’s Natalie Pinkham, Mosley goes right back to the start to explain how a chance visit to Silverstone in the early 1960s stirred his interest in racing, while also describing the contrasts which made him and Bernie Ecclestone such a successful – and formidable – double act at the head of the sport. He also reveals the F1 ringmaster's penchant for pranks!
Mosley recalls F1’s darkest weekend – Imola 1994 – and the safety advances in both F1 and on the road which followed the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger.
He also reveals why, despite F1’s current desire for change, he has no interest in stepping back into the sport.
Watch the interview above and then read a review of Mosley's new autobiography
