MAX'S XMAS BEATINGS FROM F1 BOSS BERNIE

[John S]

Bernie Ecclestone's mischievous sense of humour has returned in the latest edition of his personalised annual Christmas card.

Last year, the F1 Chief Executive poked fun at the McLaren-Ferrari spy scandal, depicting a nervous Ron Dennis being handed a gift-wrapped present by former chief designer Mike Coughlan. This year he is whipping up seasonal cheers at Max's expense

Report By Josh Layton in the Daily Star.

MOTOR racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone has given S&M-loving Max Mosley a beating in his personal Xmas card.

Formula One chief Bernie, 78, sends up his rival’s orgy with five hookers in a mischievous cartoon.

The daring festive card shows crew members watching a race  on a bank of TV monitors with  Mosley lashing a whip at a man whose screen shows a woman’s legs in fishnets and high heels.

Meanwhile, two other smarting victims to the left of the row are seen clutching their bottoms.

Grinning Bernie is pictured holding plasters as a treatment for the sore behinds.

Inside a message reads: “Usual team punishment, just a special for Christmas. Have a happy one. Bernie.”

Mosley, 68, was exposed in March for taking part in a frenzied whips-and-chains orgy.

The seedy roleplaying included him being inspected for lice. Long-time ally Bernie said at first: “What people do privately is up to them.

“I don’t honestly believe it affects the sport in any way. Knowing Max it might be a bit of a joke.”  

But Bernie later called on Mosley to resign from heading the powerful FIA.

Mosley later won a victory against a newspaper which alleged the orgy had a Nazi theme. He was awarded £60,000 in damages, and the landmark judgment tightened privacy laws.

Asked if the card would offend Mosley, Bernie said: “I don’t know. We’ll see.”

The billionaire F1 chief posts a mischief-making Christmas card to close pals every year.