News Details

Ecclestone era over if convicted, admits CVC

Bernie Ecclestone would be removed as the head of F1 should the High Court find against him, the sport's majority shareholder has confirmed.The 83-year old is one of four defendants in the ongoing civil trial brought by Constantin Medien, accused of selling F1 to asset management giant CVC at a cut-price. Ecclestone is facing a $100m damages claim, amid allegations that he bribed bank official Gerhard Gribkowsky to undervalue the stake held by BayernLB in order to attract CVC, a buyer known to be in favour of keeping him at the head of the sport.While the Briton denies the charges against him, CVC co-founder Donald Mackenzie told the court that his company would have no hesitation in...
Full Story »
12y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Someone's going to have a big bill to pay

We are some way off getting a verdict on the High Court trial which is...
12y ago from Pitpass.com

Villadelprat convicted after failed Epsilon Euskadi F1...

Villadelprat convicted after failed Epsilon Euskadi F1 team bid saga 14...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

CVC would fire Ecclestone if found guilty

Formula One shareholder CVC would not hesitate to sack motor sport boss...
12y ago from SuperSport.com

CVC: If proven Ecclestone has done anything criminally...

CVC: If proven Ecclestone has done anything criminally wrong, we would...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Phoenix – Qualifying Results

IndyCar’s busy Friday continued with a single-car, two-lap qualifying...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Youthful Arsenal survive against Mansfield to make FA...

A youthful Arsenal survived a major scare against League One Mansfield to...
59m ago from SkySports.com

'Leave them in League One', 'Have to be sold ASAP' -...

Arsenal fans have slammed Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli despite...
39m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal looking to reinforce squad with 100m...

Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Newcastle United midfielder...
19m ago from SportsKeeda.com

'My agent's calling me…' – Former Arsenal...

Former Arsenal star Alex Iwobi has revealed the chaotic way his exit from...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

FIA announce late Mercedes penalty verdict after front row...

The FIA have confirmed a late penalty verdict for... Read More »
5h ago from GPFans.com

F1: Rivals call out Mercedes BS

Lewis Hamilton leads the way as rivals accuse... Read More »
59m ago from Pitpass.com

Formula 1 drivers point at Mercedes' engine compression...

Mercedes locked out the front row on the starting... Read More »
49m ago from GrandPrix247.com

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.