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F1 team bosses 'bribed'

It is claimed that F1 team bosses Eddie Jordan, Alain Prost and Tom Walkinshaw were each paid $10m in 2001 in order that they sign up to the Concorde AgreementThe relevelation came at the High court in London, the second day of Bernie Ecclestone's cross examination in the $100m damages case brought by German media company Constantin Medien.Philip Marshall QC, representing Constantin, claims that the three, Eddie Jordan owner of the team which bore his name, likewise Alain Prost, and Tom Walkinhshaw who owned Arrows, were paid by bankers’ drafts from Valper Holdings, a subsidiary of Bambino Holdings, the Ecclestone’s family trust.'They were paid to ensure that their teams did...
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