Back in September Pitpass wrote about a revelation which we claimed 'shows that it is nonsense to conclude that Ecclestone paid a bribe to ensure that he remained in his job.' The revelation came from Max Mosley, former president of the FIA and it has now been confirmed by Ecclestone himself.It came in testimony from the F1 boss in London's High Court where he is being sued in a civil case by German media rights firm Constantin Medien. It alleges that in 2006 Ecclestone and his Bambino family trust paid £27.5m ($44m) to Gerhard Gribkowsky, an executive of German bank BayernLB (BLB), so that he would sell a 47.2% stake in F1 to the sport's current owner, the private equity firm...
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