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Judge says Ecclestone bribe allegation lacks plausibility

For the past six weeks Formula One has been gripped by action of a different kind to that which fans are used to. The scene of the action was not a track but London's High Court where Bernie Ecclestone has been on trial accused of paying a £26.9m ($44m) bribe to undervalue the sport when it was sold in 2006 to current owner CVC. The trial comes to a close on Friday but that isn't the end of it as we won't get a verdict until early next year. However, in an extraordinary development, the judge himself has given us an insight into the direction of his thought and Pitpass' business editor Christian Sylt has written it up in an article for today's Guardian.This week the court has heard...
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