News Details

Ecclestone admits F1 owner CVC could sell the sport

Bernie Ecclestone has admitted it is possible F1 owner CVC will sell the sport. The Financial Times and Reuters are reporting that a company headed by American football club Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, and backed by Qatar's sports investment arm, is preparing to launch a $8 billion takeover bid. 'My shares will be sold together with theirs,' F1 supremo Ecclestone confirmed. Amid all the talk about F1's dwindling popularity, CVC chief Donald Mackenzie attended the recent Austrian grand prix, and Ecclestone says he has also been approached by 'three or four' potential bidders for the rights. 'I have no idea whether any of these people have got closer with this, but CVC are in the...
Full Story »
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 supremo Ecclestone struggling to sell ‘crap...

Bernie Ecclestone says he is struggling to sell a 'crap product' to the...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Ecclestone: I have been given a crappy product to sell

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he is struggling to sell a...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Mateschitz admits to losing interest in F1

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed that he is disillusioned...

US group teaming up with Qatar to buy a major stake in...

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross bidding F1 stake RSE Ventures is...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Pirelli: Our approach to creating MotoGP tyres...

Following on from the official announcement, Pirelli has revealed that...

Marc Marquez sets the benchmark in second Argentina...

Marc Marquez set the benchmark lap time in the second Argentina MotoGP...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Date set for IndyCar’s inaugural Grand Prix of...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a date for the first running on the...

Takuma Sato to contest 16th Indy 500 with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Ex-Arsenal star doubts Arteta has the 'personality'...

Former Arsenal captain William Gallas has called on the club to bring in...
39m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal want to sign 21-year-old La Liga sensation...

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal are keen on signing the Barcelona midfield mainstay...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal transfer news: Nico Williams alternative...

Arsenal and Liverpool are reportedly among the clubs chasing the signature...
29m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

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.