Last week the world of Formula One was taken by surprise by the announcement that Bernie Ecclestone will be put on trial in Munich in April on bribery charges.In typically blunt fashion, Ecclestone revealed the news to German publication Handelsblatt and although he stepped down from the board of F1's parent company Delta Topco as a result, it hasn't affected his influence over it one bit as Pitpass has revealed. Ecclestone was charged with bribery in May last year and the prosecutors said that a decision about whether to proceed with a trial would be made early this year so it shouldn't have come as a surprise. There was good reason why it did.The charges relate to a $44m payment made by...
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