Max Mosley talks to Paul Blezard

One of the most influential figures in Formula One history and a formidable campaigner for the right to privacy Max Mosley talks about his compelling and controversial new memoir.

Mosley talks about a life that has seen him constantly in the public eye since he was a few weeks old when his parents, Diana and Oswald, were interned during the Second World War for their political beliefs.  A promising career as a lawyer was cut short when he took up motor racing as a driver and then team owner. In partnership with Bernie Ecclestone, he became one of the most influential people in Formula One. He famously took on the might of the News of the World for invading his privacy and won his court case. He has since become a formidable campaigner on privacy and pursued further privacy cases.

Mosely was president of FIA, the governing body of motor sport, between 1993 and 2009 during which time he championed greater safety and green technologies. Prior to that he led the March Formula One team. After he decided to take the News of the World to court, a friend of Rupert Murdoch asked Bernie Ecclestone: “Does Max know what he’s taking on?” Ecclestone replied that he did, but he was not sure about Murdoch.

Supported by Ian and Carol Sellars.