News Details

Williams and McLaren accused Ecclestone of controlling family trust

In 2011 I wrote a news story for the Daily Telegraph sports section which has since been followed up all over the world. It contained Bernie Ecclestone's admission that £26.9m ($44m) had been paid by him and his Bambino family trust to former banker Gerhard Gribkowsky. Ecclestone said the money had been paid because Gribkowsky threatened to tell the UK tax authorities that he controlled the trust – an allegation which could have cost him hundreds of millions of Pounds. Now, in another article for the Telegraph, I reveal that this was not the first time this allegation had been made. It had previously come from the well-known duo of Williams and McLaren.The accusation by Williams...
Full Story »
12y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Schumacher family deny reports

Michael Schumacher's family have rubished reports which claim the former...
12y ago from SkySports.com

Family thank medical team

Michael Schumacher's family have expressed their thanks for the messages...
12y ago from SkySports.com

Michael Schumacher is a fighter who won't give up,...

Paris:  The family of Michael Schumacher described the Formula One...
12y ago from NDTVSports.com

Schumacher ‘out of danger' according to family...

There has been no official update for a few days now in the condition of...
12y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

David Malukas tops 175MPH in IndyCar’s opening...

Just five days after the opening round of the 2026 IndyCar season,...

Chip Ganassi praises current health of IndyCar

Long-time team owner Chip Ganassi feels IndyCar is currently in one of...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal to battle it out with Man City for £48m...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Como attacker Jesus Rodriguez at the...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Martin Odegaard among 8 players Arsenal are...

Martin Odegaard has surprisingly emerged as one of the players Arsenal are...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

CaughtOffside's Transfer Fit rating explained: Michael...

Transfers are a big part of football, and it's every bit as chaotic and...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Don’t really care about what he says' –...

Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion might not have been a...
5h 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.