The F1 world’s attention will shift from pre-season testing to a London courtroom on Thursday.<\/p>\n
A morning judgement is expected in the high-profile Bernie Ecclestone corruption affair, with Constantin Medien seeking a guilty verdict and $140 million in damages from the sport’s embattled chief executive.<\/p>\n
Thursday’s news could also ramp up speculation the 83-year-old Briton’s long reign over formula one is over, with Justin King – who has resigned after ten years in charge of British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s – among the rumoured frontrunners to replace him.<\/p>\n
But Ecclestone told F1 business journalist Christian Sylt this week there is “no truth at all” to the King rumours.<\/p>\n
“All he knows about (motor sport) is looking for support for his kids,” Ecclestone, referring to King’s racing driver son Jordan who is controversially backed by a range of Sainsbury’s-linked names, told the Guardian.<\/p>\n
52-year-old King has also been linked with the unfilled new role as McLaren’s F1 chief executive, but a spokesman for the British team said that rumour is “untrue”.<\/p>\n
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