Bernie Ecclestone has played down the notion he might quietly retire off the back of his German bribery charges. Although F1's 82-year-old chief executive and his Munich lawyers insist the official charge sheet has not actually been received, it is now widely accepted that prosecutors will ask the district court to hear charges related to the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption affair. It will be alleged Ecclestone paid Gribkowsky - who has already been jailed - $44 million amid the sale of the sport's commercial rights to current owners CVC. "No, that's nonsense," Ecclestone is quoted by German newspaper Bild. "The money I paid him had nothing to do with the sale of formula one...
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