Bernie Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone has returned to the executive board of Formula 1′s parent company in the wake of his court settlement earlier this month. Although he remained Formula 1 chief executive, the 83-year-old had stepped down from Delta Topco amid his corruption trial in Germany. Briton Ecclestone settled that case with a highly-controversial $100 million payment to the Bavarian state, 'The system in law is pretty fair. I just had to pay to get rid of the case, that's all.' And Ecclestone also said in Belgium that the fact he is now returning to the Delta Topco board will make 'no difference' to how Formula 1 has been run in the past days and months. 'I stood down for...
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