News Details

Court case against Ecclestone over F1 sale starts

Two days after Sebastian Vettel won his fourth Formula 1 title, the spotlight shifted to London's High Court and the latest case that leaves the motorsports series' boss Bernie Ecclestone's future in doubt. The long-time commercial head of F1 is already under investigation in Germany over an alleged payment of $44 million relating to the sale of the racing series in 2006. A German court won't say until next year whether the 83-year-old Ecclestone will stand trial on charges of bribery and incitement to breach of trust. German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky has already been jailed for taking the payment from Ecclestone. Gribkowsky was in charge of selling the bank BayernLB's stake in F1 to...
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Court case against Bernie Ecclestone over Formula One...

London:  Two days after Sebastian Vettel's fourth title triumph, the...
11y ago from NDTVSports.com

Court hears ‘a corrupt bargain was made between...

Court hears ‘a corrupt bargain was made between Mr Gribkowsky and...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

German media firm seeks damages from Ecclestone for F1...

German media firm seeks damages from Ecclestone for F1 sale 26 October,...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

cclestone accused of 'corrupt bargain' in F1 sale

LONDON, Oct 29, 2013 (AFP) - Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone...
11y ago from F1Plus.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati using 2024 chassis and aero ‘a real...

Ducati has revealed that there is 'a real possibility' of the team using...

Jonathan Rea to miss WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Jonathan Rea has been ruled out of the WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Team Penske quickest in final IndyCar test day

The NTT IndyCar Series held its second and final preseason open test day...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pit lane speed adjustments made for 2025 IndyCar season

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a few changes for the upcoming 2025...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward fastest in first day of IndyCar...

The entire NTT IndyCar Series paddock set up shop in Sebring, Florida on...

ECR shares new look for 2025 IndyCar campaign

Ed Carpenter Racing has unveiled a drastically different set of liveries...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Rally Sweden by a whisker

Super Sunday on Rally Sweden was just that! After 300km of hard racing,...

Elfyn Evans under pressure on Rally Sweden –...

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin maintained their lead on Rally Sweden after...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Man United transfer news: Red Devils 'agree personal...

Manchester United reportedly agree personal terms with Sporting Lisbon's...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Tomi setback + savouring joy in a slog of a season

Morning all,  Blogs is out of action, so you’ve got me on loan for a...
5h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.