News Details

Ecclestone in the dock

Bernie Ecclestone will be in the dock on Tuesday when a civil case relating to bribery allegations begins in London. The F1 supremo is being sued by a former stakeholder in F1, Constantin Medien AG, to the tune of $171 million. The company alleges that Ecclestone undersold German bank BayernLB's stake in Formula One to CVC. "It's not ideal, it would be better if it wasn't happening, but we can't change the court system," Ecclestone told Bloomberg when asked if it would 'clash with his duties as CEO'. The case, though, is not the only one that Ecclestone is facing as he may also be heading to German in the months to come to answer charges relating to the bribery scandal. The...
Full Story »
11y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

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

Ecclestone civil action to begin this week in German...

Ecclestone civil action to begin this week in German court 28 October,...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Marussia signs Ecclestone deal

Marussia has become the final team to agree a commercial deal with Bernie...
11y ago from Crash.net

Ecclestone court action to begin on Tuesday

F1's attention will turn from Sebastian Vettel's fourth title to the...
11y ago from GrandPrix.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez strikes back to take Austrian MotoGP...

Marc Marquez continued his dominance in Saturday afternoon races by...
52m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marco Bezzecchi stuns to take Austrian MotoGP pole as...

Marco Bezzecchi stunned the field to take pole for the Austrian MotoGP...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Strongest season yet for Pato O’Ward has been...

Pato O’Ward is having the best IndyCar season of his career, and is...

McLaren to auction future F1, IndyCar and WEC cars in...

McLaren is to auction future F1, IndyCar and World Endurance Championship...

IndyCar Portland – Race Results

The final road course event of the 2025 IndyCar season was contested on...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Crystal Palace interested in 25-year-old Arsenal star...

Crystal Palace are reportedly interested in signing Arsenal star Jakob...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I haven't fulfilled my dreams here yet' | Bruno's...

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes discusses leadership groups,...
4h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal chasing Brazilian defender after Mikel Arteta...

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Palmeiras defender Benedetti....
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Sources: Arsenal & Man United 'closely following'...

South Korean midfielder Lee Kang-in, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, is...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.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.