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“BERNIE WANTED TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE, TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT”
A new TV series by Manish Pandey, producer of Senna, gives Bernie Ecclestone free rein to tell his F1 story – cue briefcases stuffed with cash and the birth of a sporting juggernaut. Damien Smith tunes in and cracks open the popcorn
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