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 »
12y 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,...
12y 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,...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Marussia signs Ecclestone deal

Marussia has become the final team to agree a commercial deal with Bernie...
12y ago from Crash.net

Ecclestone court action to begin on Tuesday

F1's attention will turn from Sebastian Vettel's fourth title to the...
12y ago from GrandPrix.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu admits MotoGP adaptation...

Toprak Razgatlioglu has admitted that his adaptation to MotoGP feels...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Conor Daly snags Indy 500 ride with Dreyer and Reinbold

Dreyer and Reinbold Racing has announced that Conor Daly will drive for...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar reveals track design for Washington D.C. event

IndyCar has revealed the track design for the newly-added event in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'I can guarantee…': Romano drops major update on...

Ethan Nwaneri has been linked with a move away from Arsenal in recent...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arteta fumes at Arsenal's set-piece defending as...

Mikel Arteta was unhappy with Arsenal's set-piece defending after Bayer...
3h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal hang on against Mansfield to make FA Cup last...

Arsenal survived a major scare against League One Mansfield to progress...
4h ago from SkySports.com

'I'm very happy…': £34m star reacts to transfer...

Frankfurt defender Nnamdi Collins has been linked with a move away from...
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.