Max Mosley

The 81-year-old took his own life while in ‘debilitating’ pain after learning he had a limited life expectancy after a cancer diagnosis, a coroner found.

Announcing the former FIA president's death, ex-Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone said Mosley died on Sunday night.

Max Mosley has been accused of involvement in a by-election leaflet linking non-white immigrants with diseases such as TB.