Bernie Ecclestone: ‘I’m an idiot’ for paying £60m to settle F1 bribery trial
Formula One chief relieved at end of trial but questions paying $100m settlement as ‘judge more or less said I was acquitted’
The Formula One chief, Bernie Ecclestone, has declared himself "a bit of an idiot" for paying a £60m settlement to bring an end to his bribery trial.
The president and chief executive of Formula One agreed with German prosecutors on Tuesday to pay the record sum to end his trial, a district court in Munich confirmed. The defence has denied accusations that he had bought his freedom.
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