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The Weekly Grapevine

This week, a look at the new F1 deal

The New F1 Deal

The only surprising aspect to the surprises Bernard Charles Ecclestone springs on Formula One is that people are constantly surprised.

And, so it is with the 'purchase' of SLEC, Bambino Holdings, Speed Investments Ltd, Formula One Holdings Ltd, Formula One Management Ltd by London-based CVC Capital Partners, for, whilst the general media seemed surprised by last Thursday's announcement, those in the know realized well over a week before that an undefined, yet major, development in Formula One's commercial evolution was bubbling under.

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