JANUARY 10, 2006

A new book about Bernie

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has signed a deal with sports book publisher Kraken Media for the publication of an authorised account of his role in the development of F1 since 1971. The company has published similar works on Manchester United and Diego Maradona. The books will run to around 1000 pages and will cost $3,000. The publishers say that they will print only 10,000 copies, which is the normal print run for a motor racing book, It will be interesting to see how it sells. Kraken says it will have access to behind the scenes material and are hoping to move on make a documentary on the same subject.

We will let you know if we are sent a review copy.