Max Mosley has been in the public eye since he was a few weeks old, when his parents, Diana and Oswald Mosley, were interned during the 2nd World War because of their political beliefs.
After Oxford, a promising career at the Bar was cut short when he took up motor racing, initially as a driver and later as a team owner.
Mosley went on to form a partnership with Bernie Ecclestone, they set about transforming Formula One into the most glamorous, exciting and extravagant form of motorsport.
Recently Mosley decided to take the News of the World to court for invading his privacy, after they published pictures of him at a sex party.