Wow - imagine what this is going to cost him.... Bernie Ecclestone and wife Slavica are to divorce after 24 years of marriage, it has been claimed by British newspaper the Daily Mail and intriguingly, most of the couple's £2.4 billion fortune is understood to be in her name. The Formula 1 supremo's Croatian-born wife is reported to have moved out of the Ecclestones' £10 million marital home in London after the couple grew increasingly apart, with the former's workaholic lifestyle said to be to blame. Mrs Ecclestone is understood to have chosen to move out now as daughters Tamara, 24 and Petra, 19 are no longer living at home, and she is said to have already consulted a divorce lawyer. Bernie is totally focused on his work, a source told the newspaper, but you don't pull yourself up from nowhere to become one of the richest men in the land by being a *****cat. Most interestingly of all, the Mail reports that Ecclestone had signed over the bulk of his personal fortune to his wife a 50-year-old, statuesque 6ft 2in former model whom he met at the 1982 Italian Grand Prix after he made £1.9 billion from a bond issue in 1999, electing to place the money in off-shore trusts controlled by Slavica. That raises the prospect of a billion-pound divorce battle should the split prove to be final. Nearly everything is in her name, another source revealed. She is non-domiciled in Britain and therefore it made sense for tax reasons. Aside from their Kensington home, the couple also have a jet and small hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, and a yacht named Petara after their two daughters. Their marriage has always appeared rock-solid, despite the incessant tabloid and paparazzi interest prompted by their 28-year age gap and ten-inch height difference. Having now moved into a flat overlooking the Thames, however, Slavica told the Daily Mail: I don't want to say anything. You can talk to my husband.
Payback's a bltch. Seems strange that the guy is such a wheeler dealer in the F1 world yet he puts everything in her name and stands to lose a big chunk of it? OTOH, she must be a real piece of work too, not unless the guy is abusive she could probably have everything she wants as it is, so why not hang in there and just wait until he passes?
His Croatian-born wife "SLAVICA" has most of his fortune in HER NAME? Maybe I should rethink my normally agnostic tendencies toward spiritualism...
F1 race fees are about to sky rocket... again US and CAN GP may never come up with enought scratch for Bernie now!
Supposedly his wife was sick of hearing the construction noise next door according to Bernie, that is why she moved out. What a comedian he is.
Bernie's about to get treated the way he's been treating track promoters all over the world... Karma? 'My name is Bernie'...........
There is more to this than meets the eye. I wonder what it is? See their picture in previous post. Ciao...Paolo
Now we finally know why he keeps raising the GP price: He knows he might loose everything and needs new income.
this is just in: ''as of 2009, Formula 1 cars will be powered by 4 cylinder LADA engines. engines will be sourced from most likely YOUR local salvage yard. Despite this, Bernie ecclestone increased the cost of hosting a grand prix by 100%. Teams will also have to contribute by paying bernie a yet undisclosed figure for entering a Grand Prix weekend. an inside source told us to think of a figure 'between 600,000 and 800,000'. In other news, Bernie's ex wife has bagged herself a new toyboy. Rumoured is the guy is only 23 years of age but after knowing slavica for just a week, he moved in with her.''
Thought this was funny .. not on topic though. http://www.sniffpetrol.com/2008/11/14/brazilian-grand-prix-report/
Hopefully, Steve. Have another look at the photo and tell me she doesn't deserve it after faking (and I mean EVERYTHING) for a quarter century....... Paul and Guy might not be Daniel Craig, but they certainly have appeal. Bernie is antimatter, imho.
