The Latest Breaking News from Bernie Ecclestone

London (AFP) - Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is to be charged with fraud by false representation over an alleged failure to declare £400 million ($477 million, 473 million euros) of overseas assets to the British government, prosecutors said Monday.

Ninety-one-year-old businessman accused of hiding offshore assets from government

The ex-Formula One chief said people "say things without really too much thinking"

Former F1 boss sparked a backlash after calling the Russian president ‘first class’ and implying Ukraine could have done more to avoid war

Ecclestone shocked viewers when he appeared in a series of TV interviews and spoke highly of Russian leader Putin, who is currently engaged in a bloody invasion of Ukraine

Ecclestone had planned on returning to the Formula 1 paddock at Spielberg this weekend, but has now decided to skip the trip to Austria in the wake of his latest controversial comments

The former Formula 1 supremo made the bizarre claim in the wake of his defence of Nelson Piquet, after the Brazilian former racer's racial slurs about the seven-time world champion

OPINION: The emergence of racist comments from Nelson Piquet has restarted the discussion about how Formula 1 tackles discrimination. Lewis Hamilton is therefore rightly demanding and providing action to ensure archaic views, which do not belong in modern society, are no longer part of motorsport's future

‘I’ve never met a coloured person I didn’t like,’ the former F1 boss said, in his second car crash interview of the week