Bernie Ecclestone says £27m payments to German banker is not a bribe

I don’t know how Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone thinks but when you pay someone a large amount of money to have things or decisions going in your favor, that’s a bribe.

Bernie has since admitted paying 27 million pounds to German investment banker Gerhard Gribkowsky since the case is ongoing in German courts.

He however denies claims that it was a bribe.

Gribkowsky was the person who handled the F1 sale deal in 2005.

Posted December 27th, 2011 in Formula One by unclesha.

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Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 1:13.559 [41 laps]
Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 1:13.587 [41 laps]
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Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:14.970 [32 laps]
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Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) 1:18.367 [42 laps]
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Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 1:13.811 [26 laps]
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.825 [25 laps]
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.961 [20 laps]
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Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 1:15.241 [31 laps]
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Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) Q1 - 1:13.694 / Q2 - 1:13.571 / Q3 - No time [18 laps]
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Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 68 laps [+3 Laps]
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Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) 61 laps [Retired]
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 46 laps [Gearbox Retired]
Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) 26 laps [Spin Retired]
Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 21 laps [Wheel Retired]

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Season 2011

Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 392 pts
Jenson Button (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 270 pts
Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 258 pts
Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Ferrari / 257 pts
Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 227 pts
Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 118 pts
Nico Rosberg (German) Mercedes GP / 89 pts
Michael Schumacher (German) Mercedes GP / 76 pts
Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 42 pts
Vitaly Petrov (Russian) Renault / 37 pts
Nick Heidfeld (German) Renault / 34 pts
Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese) Sauber-Ferrari / 30 pts
Paul di Resta (British) Force India-Mercedes / 27 pts
Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) STR-Ferrari / 26 pts
Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 15 pts
Sergio Perez (Mexican) Sauber-Ferrari / 14 pts
Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Williams-Cosworth / 4 pts
Bruno Senna (Brazilian) Renault / 2 pts
Pastor Maldonado (Venezuelan) Williams-Cosworth / 1 pts
Jarno Trulli (Italian) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgian) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Timo Glock (German) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts

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