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CVC accused of 'raping' Formula One

Bob Fernley, the team principal at Force India, has launched a stinging attack on CVC Capital Partners, the City-based private equity group that owns F1, accusing them of "raping the sport". It is estimated CVC may have made as much as £4 billion from Formula One and has been taking about half of its annual income since buying the commercial rights in 2006. "CVC have done an absolutely awful job," Fernley told the
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