Formula One Group

The Formula One Group is the one group of companies, which is responsible for advertising and commercial exploitation of the Formula 1 World Championship. The rights to the Formula 1 World Championship are the property of the organizer, the Fédération Internationale de l' Automobile ( FIA).

The Formula One Group dates back to the Concorde Agreement. The family of Bernie Ecclestone as well as changing media corporations, banks and investment companies are the owners. At the turn of 2005/2006 was the SLEC Holdings Ltd.. the owner, named after Slavica Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone's second wife. The owner of this holding were the Trust Bambino (Italian child) and the other holding Speed ​​Investments in Jersey, which was part of 62.2 % of Bayerische Landesbank and 18.9 % JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Lehman Brothers. Speed ​​Investments fell by the insolvency of the Kirch Group to the banks. The Kirch Group had bought the holding of EM.TV. In early 2006, applied for CVC Capital Partners successfully to be allowed to buy Speed ​​and SLEC. The start-ups Alpha Topco Ltd.. and Alpha Prema UK Ltd.. should take its place. Bambino and management of the Formula One Group were or rather remained a co-owner. Thus, companies with Alpha in the name followed by a string of start-ups. At the turn of 2010/2011 was one of Delta Topco Ltd.. on Jersey over the Delta 2 (Lux) Sarl in Luxembourg, the Delta 3 UK Ltd.. , via the Alpha D2 Ltd.. Alpha Prema UK Ltd.. belonged to which the SLEC Holdings Ltd.. belonged on Jersey of the Formula One Administration Ltd.. belonged. CVC Capital Partners could not acquire the shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Lehman Brothers in 2011 and gave a number of shares in three other investment companies from ultimately.

In addition to Formula One Administration Ltd.. (FOA ), the Formula One Management Ltd.. ( FOM ) and the Formula One Licensing BV ( FOL ) companies operating in the Formula One Group, which has around 200 employees and in 2009 had a turnover of 1.1 billion euros.