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[overboost]

Let's put this into perspective. $100 million dollars is about 2% of Bernie's net worth. Considering that he paid his ex wife 1.2 billion, it looks like foocking the government is a lot cheaper than foocking your ex. He may even be able to claim the fine as a tax write off.

We should be aware that the $100 M settlement is the money that we see changing hands but how much did Bernie pay to get this settlement approved? I bet he greased alot of wheels to make this happen!

[LRW]

Well he hasnt actually gone yet- will still run F1 - just stepped down from the board.

But I cant see him getting off scott free from ALL the trials. So I reckon, by the end of this, maybe next season, he will be gone.

This shows what an idiot I am.

[What's Burning?]

Well he hasnt actually gone yet- will still run F1 - just stepped down from the board.

But I cant see him getting off scott free from ALL the trials. So I reckon, by the end of this, maybe next season, he will be gone.

This shows what an idiot I am.

we recognized that flaw early on, and accept you none the less.

[darwin dali]

Well he hasnt actually gone yet- will still run F1 - just stepped down from the board.

But I cant see him getting off scott free from ALL the trials. So I reckon, by the end of this, maybe next season, he will be gone.

This shows what an idiot I am.

we recognized that flaw early on, and accept you none the less.

[Jabberwocky]

I hope I am as sprightly, switched on and as rich when I am his age

[darwin dali]

I hope I am as sprightly, switched on and as rich when I am his age

You're sure SWMBO is not seeing to it that you'll never get that old?

[What's Burning?]

I hope I am as sprightly, switched on and as rich when I am his age

two out of three ain't bad.

[LRW]

i just wanna be rich

[Hammer278]

I'd like to attain 1% of his wealth, be sprightly and switched on at his age.....is that too much to ask?

IS it? IS IT!???

[LRW]

I'd like to attain 1% of his wealth, be sprightly and switched on at his age.....is that too much to ask?

IS it? IS IT!???

I tell you what, if I become as wealthy as him, i'll give you 3%.

[darwin dali]

2007: McLaren fined $100m.
2014: Ecclestone trial ends with $100m deal.

Max, stop pulling the strings already!

[What's Burning?]

Does anyone know if this fine will be tax deductible for the little troll?

[Jabberwocky]

to start off with, does he pay tax?

[darwin dali]

Bernie Ecclestone feels the $100 million (£59 million) payment he made to end his bribery trial in Munich could have been avoided as the judge had "more or less said" he was acquitted.

Prosecutors accepted the payment on Tuesday morning, which under German law can settle some criminal cases if all parties, including the judge, agree. Ecclestone is happy to have the trial behind him but he admits the way it concluded is tinged with regret due to the strength of his defence.

"In the end what has happened is good and bad - the good is the judge more or less said I was acquitted, and [the prosecution] really didn't have a case," Ecclestone told the Press Association. "So I was a bit of an idiot to do what I did to settle because it wasn't with the judge, it was with the prosecutors. Anyway, it's done and finished, so it's all right. I'm content, it's all fine. This now allows me to do what I do best, which is running F1."

Of the payment made, $99 million will go straight to the German state, with the remaining money going to a charity for terminally-ill children. Ecclestone says he is happy he can turn all of his attention back to running F1.

"The bottom line is it's been three and a half years of aggravation, travelling, meeting lawyers, and God knows what else, so it is good it is out of the way. This trial has been going on for two days a week and it was going to go on until October. When you're trying to run businesses it's not easy trying to resolve things when you're dealing with lawyers."

Ecclestone had been on trial since April charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust. At the centre of the trial was a $44 million payment made by Ecclestone to German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky, which prosecutors claimed was made to ensure Formula One was sold to Ecclestone's preferred buyer in 2006.

Read more at http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/stor ... A4qAoMJ.99

[What's Burning?]

So... a helicopter pilot hangs himself in a German jail cell, and Bernie roams the earth.