Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Bernie Ecclestone to face court trials over alleged fraud

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone will stand trial in 2023, failing to report over £400 million. The 91-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. Charged with failing to disclose a Singaporean trust with $650 million bank account. Bernie Ecclestone, former Formula One boss, will stand trial in Oct 2023 for allegedly failing to report over £400 million … Read more

Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone pleaded not guilty to fraud charges

Bernie Ecclestone

Ecclestone was charged in July with not telling the UK government about more than £400 million ($473 million) of assets. He pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London. Ecclestone, 91, was CEO of Formula One Group until January 2017. Bernie Ecclestone, who used to run Formula One, went to court in London … Read more

Ecclestone detained in Brazil for possessing firearm

Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone, the former F1 boss, was arrested in Brazil for unlawfully carrying a gun on a private plane to Switzerland. Local police said they discovered an undocumented LW Seecamp.32 gun in the 91-year-luggage old’s during an X-ray screening on Thursday. Ecclestone admitted to having the weapon, but said he had no idea it was … Read more

Hamilton not ‘playing fair’ with title rival Verstappen: Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone

Title challenger Max Verstappen has been bullied by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team this season, former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told AFP. Verstappen and Hamilton are tied on points heading into the final Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi on Sunday and Ecclestone believes the pressure of Mercedes’ “psychological game playing” … Read more