Ecclestone's MIL kidnapped!

[intakexhaust]

Would think that ransom is pocket change for him. BTW: How and why would the kidnappers come up with that sum? LOL

For grins, Bernie's ex Slavica ~ still looking good at 58, she stands a foot taller than him (6'2") and only has a net worth of $1.2 bil.

[sammyg2]

Ya can't trust anyone nowadays:

After Aparecida Schunk, mother of Bernie Ecclestone's wife Fabian Flosi, was freed from her kidnappers, three people were arrested including the F1 supremo’s helicopter pilot.

Schunk was abducted from her home on July 22 and her abductors demanded a fee of $36.5 (£28m) for her release.

The pilot, named Jorge Eurico da Silva Faria, is said to be the mastermind of the whole ordeal in Sao Paulo and was found out after police monitored phone calls between the trio and Schunk’s family.

After she was freed, the 67-year-old mother told Brazilian media: "I only ask for these bandits to be jailed so they can't abduct anyone else in Sao Paulo."

It is also worth noting that none of the demanded ransom money was paid.

[rusnak]

I wouldn't be too surprised if there was a payment made, and an agreement to cooperate in return, in order for everyone including the Brazilians to come out looking good.