Bernie Ecclestone's Career Will Be Celebrated At Goodwood, Thankfully Not With A Giant Statue Of His Face

The career of the so-called Mr F1 will be celebrated at this year's Goodwood Festival. It's the first time an individual person has been celebrated, rather than a manufacturer
Bernie Ecclestone's Career Will Be Celebrated At Goodwood, Thankfully Not With A Giant Statue Of His Face

Whatever you think of Bernie Ecclestone, it’s safe to say that Formula 1 would not be the same without him. And after stepping down as ‘commander-in-chief’ of the sport earlier this year, his career will be celebrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

FoS usually celebrates a different brand of car each event, and this year is the first ever exception. There’s always an impressive sculpture of some sort, normally involving one or more cars. But don’t worry, there won’t be a giant, scary statue of Bernie in front of Goodwood House this time around.

Instead, there’ll be something called ‘The Five Stages of Ecclestone’, which will illustrate five eras of the man’s time in F1 with five legendary F1 cars.

Bernie Ecclestone's Career Will Be Celebrated At Goodwood, Thankfully Not With A Giant Statue Of His Face

Bernie started out as a racing driver, competing in 500cc cars through the late 1940s and early 1950s and entered the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, but he’s best known for his contribution off the track.

He bought out the Brabham F1 team in 1971, and soon took control of the commercial side of the sport. It’s now a global powerhouse, and it was Bernie’s contribution that helped its rise to become one of the most-watched and most prosperous sports, while courting a fair amount of controversy and criticism along the way.

Former World Champions, Brabham drivers and team owners will descend on the festival to celebrate his career.

Lord March, founder of the festival, says that it’s not a tribute, but rather a celebration of his career and the influence he’s had.

Comments

Anonymous

“Lord March, founder of the festival, says that it’s not a tribute, but rather a celebration of his career and the influence he’s had.”

That’s exactly what a tribute is, milord…

06/20/2017 - 11:23 |
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Kavinda Bandara

Nooooooooo……. isn’t he the same guy who paved way for death of many other disciplines of motorsport?

06/20/2017 - 11:32 |
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Yep. This very man rang the death knoll for the Group C racing category, and the original World Sportscar Championship was killed off not long after as a result.

06/20/2017 - 12:18 |
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Anonymous

Bernie’s dream

06/20/2017 - 11:36 |
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Anonymous

There is something to celebrate about him?

06/20/2017 - 13:55 |
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Scott Povey

Giant? Bernie? Hmmmm. Ohh wait, you meant his ego!

06/20/2017 - 16:19 |
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Anton 3

I don’t know why, but Bernie always reminds me on this guy…

06/20/2017 - 17:21 |
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Mx5Matt

Even if they did do a giant Bernie statue it would still be normal person height.

06/20/2017 - 19:17 |
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Aaron McGrath

Sure let’s celebrate the man that single handedly made a mess of F1 and killed group C wooo

06/21/2017 - 16:12 |
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ColumnM

whoa! this is good!

07/13/2017 - 12:23 |
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