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<p> <font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b><font color="#000000"> New track
for Bernie - 28/11/02 <br>
</font></b><font color="#000000">Bernie Ecclestone has given the
green light for a Grand Prix track to be made in Istanbul. The target
is for it be completed by 2005. <br>
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'I have decided upon Istanbul,' Formula One Management chief Bernie
Ecclestone told the Turkish motorsport federation in a letter last
week. 'Now we need to finalise the commercial issues and the TV
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Bargain Sale at £50 million - 20/11/01</font></b></font><font size="1"><br>
Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has been revealed as the new owner
of the �85 million pound house for sale on Kensington Palace Gardens.
He maintains his reputation as one of Britain's top business men
by getting it for the knockdown price of �50 million. <br>
<b><a href="../../kensington/community-localnews-nov2001/#bern">read more</a></b><br>
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Bernie Ecclestone was born in 1930 in Ipswich, England. His father
was the captain of a trawler. He quit school at the age of 16 to
devote himself fully to his greatest passion: automobile racing.
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After several accidents, Bernie Ecclestone stopped competing in
1951. He opted instead to start a used car business and returned
to the race track in 1957, but this time as a F1 team manager for
Connaught. <br>
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In 1972, he bought the Brabham team, which earned Nelson Piquet
the world championship in 1981 and 1983. Bernie Ecclestone owes
his greatest success, however, to his control over Grand Prix media
rights.<br>
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In the 80s, he took on the financial risks as president of the Formula
One Constructors Association. A risk that paid off, since media
coverage has slowly but surely built up, drawing with it sponsors
and substantial profit. Ecclestone sold the Brabham team in 1988.<br>
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Two years later, he moved to Gstaad, the posh ski resort in the
Bernese Oberland. In 1996, he created a new company, Formula One
Management, which sells F1 broadcasting rights for the International
Automobile Association, located in Geneva. <br>
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Bernie Ecclestone has many other projects in the pipeline, such
as a pay TV channel. From atop his Bernese tax domicile, he manages
an estimated fortune of over 4 billion CHF, making him the wealthiest
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