Bernie Ecclestone
King of Sport
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Norman Gilligan
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Terry Lovell
About this listen
For nearly forty years he has ruthlessly exploited and dominated Formula One motor racing, and now he is setting his sights further afield.... This is the true story of Bernie Ecclestone, the street-smart, working-class kid who masterminded the transformation of Formula One from an amateur sport of the fifties into a global billion dollar industry of the 21st century.
Now, with his GBP2.5bn fortune, influence and power, Bernie has moved into the world of football with Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore to turn Queen's Park Rangers, a struggling west London club, into a serious rival to the capital's glamour club, Chelsea. To many he was the saviour of Formula One, but there are also those who came into conflict with his methods. They have a different story to tell. Bernie Ecclesone, King of Sport reveals the unbridled avarice, callousness and corruption behind the hype of Formula One - and the warts-and-all character of the man who is now making his mark on the beautiful game. This is the true, astonishing story of the single most powerful man in thew world of sport today.
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- Nicholas
- 04-12-13
Interesting story ruined by the narration
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I could recommend this book to be read but having tried to listen for the first couple of hours, the narrator just makes me want to scream! Sadly what is a very interesting life story is wrecked by a dull and over punctuated narrator. He sets out and manages very well to pronounce every syllable but this effectively kills any inflection and just gets in the way of the story. Very disappointing and I would avoid this narrator in the future.
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If this had only been read by someone who could just talk then it would be a great audio book. Its been made to sound so dull when in fact its a good book!
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- Anonymous User
- 14-02-23
Interesting story BUT…..
This book is appallingly read - by far the worst I have ever heard. Quite how the issuing company released this is beyond comprehension - don’t waste your money on it
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- Richard Arnold
- 05-10-21
Great story shocking performance
The life of Bernard Charles Ecclestone is fascinating, but this book does it little justice. It’s a rambling tale, apparently read by an early AI bot, with the oddest inclinations. It’s a very difficult listen, and will drive you mad. Finished in the end, but dam it was though going. Save your cash 🤨
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- Catherine
- 13-05-15
Interesting story but poor delivery
An interesting story but the narration was appalling.
For some reason at the end of each chapter some music appeared over the narration so you miss the last few sentences
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- Dave
- 14-09-20
Ruined by narration
I genuinely thought this was done by a low quality text to speech engine. The general lack of emotion in the narration borders on comical.
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- Mr D R Reeve
- 29-06-16
Great story, terrible narration.
Very interesting story about the enigma of Bernie, but terrible narration by this guy, makes it difficult to get used to.
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- Mr. I. Mccormick
- 16-10-17
Great Story
Great story a little difficulty working your way around the figures. A great business man very ruthless. The narrator speaks a little slow sounds better if speeded up to 1.1
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- East Stander
- 19-10-14
Awful
A potentially really interesting subject absolutely ruined by an awful narration. Sounds like a human voice but with computer-like delivery.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-21
crap
I want to give this book back as wasted my credit. the narrator was so boring I could finish it
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- Ali Jaffa
- 09-05-21
Abysmal
Within 10 minutes I couldn’t bear to listen further. The narration is robotic and, frankly, a disgrace. Avoid. I have no idea whether the book is any good - the audible version prevented me concluding chapter 1.
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