Whatever the conclusion of this saga, CVC (the private equity group that controls FormulaOneGroup), NewsCorp, Carlos Slim Helu, and Ferrari declined to comment, reported Reuters.
According to people close to the sport, if the German authorities charge Mr Ecclestone with a non-trivial offence in relation to the payment to Mr Gribkowsky, (which he has admitted making, though he says he was being blackmailed), he will be permanently removed as chief executive of FormulaOneGroup.