Twitter Has Some Thoughts As Ex-F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone Gets Arrested For Carrying A Gun To An Airport
Ecclestone was recently in the news for dismissing Lewis Hamilton’s efforts to increase diversity in the racing circuit
Former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone was arrested for carrying an unloaded gun at Viracopos airport in Campinas, while heading to Switzerland in his private jet. Ecclestone, however, was shortly released on the bail after paying a hefty fine of $1,240.
A silver-colored LW Seecamp .32 gun was found during the X-ray screening. Ecclestone, who has been living in Brazil for quite some, accepted the ownership of the gun, and said that it came into his luggage without his knowledge.
BREAKING: Bernie Ecclestone was arrested in Brazil for carrying a gun while boarding a private plane to Switzerland.
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) May 26, 2022
The 91-year-old claimed he was 'unaware' that the weapon was in his luggage at the time. pic.twitter.com/Vm7H2AAIul
“An 89-year-old businessman was detained after federal policemen found a gun in his luggage on Wednesday around 9:30 p.m. in the X-ray area of the Viracopos airport in Campinas,” read the statement from the Sao Paulo security department.
Ecclestone ran Formula 1 for over four decades before a takeover by Liberty Media in 2017 ended his reign.
“I’m proud of the business that I built over the past 40 years and all that I have achieved with Formula 1. I would like to thank all of the promoters, teams, sponsors and television companies that I have worked with,” stated Ecclestone, who is involved with motor racing since the 1950s, after being sacked.
Bernie Ecclestone was recently in the news for dismissing Lewis Hamilton’s efforts to increase diversity in the racing circuit. Hamilton too came forward and criticised Bernie for “sad and disappointing” comments.
Bernie Ecclestone questions whether Lewis Hamilton ‘deserves’ knighthood. Mr Ecclestone you are a disgrace and self indulgent twat of the first order! #F1TitleChampionship #F1xed #F1Esports #F1Finale #AbuDabhiGP #BernieEcclestone https://t.co/0QI7wWfOHj
— WHU Billy Moore Official ⚒️🫧 (@WHUBillyMoore) December 18, 2021
“If someone who has run the sport for decades has such a lack of understanding of the deep-rooted issues we as black people deal with every day, how can we expect all the people who work under him to understand? It starts at the top,” added Hamilton.
Here’s how fans reacted to Ecclestone’s arrest in Brazil:
Live scenes of the police trying to arrest Bernie Ecclestone: pic.twitter.com/IhTV48kZdU
— Jordan Moreland (@jordanmoreland_) May 26, 2022
I refuse to believe Bernie Ecclestone is a real person, everything he does sounds like it came out of a onion headline https://t.co/zmRQoIbrn6
— Red car go vroom (@leclercsgrid) May 26, 2022
Ex-F1 promoter and self-confessed misogynist and white nationalist Bernie Ecclestone was arrested trying to board a private plane while carrying a pistol. Obviously his brain is now mush. #f1 #formulaone https://t.co/xe3DSabGnI
— Brewski (@P_Brewski_965) May 26, 2022
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