![]() 05/13/2014 at 19:45 • Filed to: little known facts | ![]() | ![]() |
Bernie Ecclestone's first role in racing was as a chariot team owner during the second triumvirate.
It was during the championship round at the Circus Maximus that he learned the value of double points.
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I thought he raced Adam and Eve.
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No, he was busy selling them fruit at an extremely marked up price.
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It came from an evil tree and his best friend was a snake.
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That's one of the nicest things I've ever heard anyone call Max Mosley.
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Well, he offered to sell the fruit and convinced the snake to buy it and sell it back to him before he then sold it for a really high price to the couple.
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Sounds like a pyramid scheme.
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It was actually a five pointed strategy that all circled back around to Bernie, it looked something like this:
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Bernie is the one who got the Coliseum naval battles regulations switched to canoes only, thereby basically ending all interest in the naval battles.
Fuck you, Bernie.
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You have studied the racing bible more than I.
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It was a black eye in the Coliseum's history.
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Pontius was his first pilot.