Bernie Ecclestone, the former patron of Formula 1, said at the end of 2024 that he will sell his impressive 69 cars collection, in which Ferrari with which the F1 world champions have competed.
Bernie Ecclestone/Photo: Profimedia
Ecclestone’s collection was sold to the son of Red Bull founder, Dietrich Mateschitz, who promised to make this collection accessible to the public, writes News.ro.
Although the amount has not been revealed, the seller Tom Hartley JNR told BBC Sport that it was “the largest transaction ever concluded in the world of car collectors.”
It was conveyed that this collection was worth about 500 million pounds.
“They went to a good house, which really interested me to make sure. They will present them somewhere, in a museum, so that people can look at them for a change that has not happened before.
I am more than happy that they arrived there. I would not have sold (only) to anyone if I didn’t know where they would go. They will build something like a museum and there will be ”said Ecclestone.
Mateschitz also said he was pleased that the former Patron of Formula 1 is confident.
“I am very pleased that Bernie trusts me to take care of this collection of historical importance. It will be carefully preserved, extended over the years, and in the near future it will be accessible to the public in an adequate place“, confessed the heir to the Red Bull business.
According to CNN, Ecclestone was sentenced to 17 months in prison with suspension and was suspended two years from any leadership position. It also has to pay a fine of $ 830 million.
He participated in a few races in the 1950s, after which he became the manager of Stuart Lewis-Evans and Jochen Rindt pilots. Both drivers died during the competition.
Ecclestone bought the team of Formula 1 Brabham in 1971, where he also brought Praise Nelson Piquet, before taking the sport in the modern era when he became the CEO of Formula One Group in 1987, founding a new company – Formula One Promoters Association, later known as the Formula One Manage – to manage the commercial rights.
He left Formula 1 in 2017 Freedty Media has taken over this sport.
