From Bernie Ecclestone

Mateschitz buys car collection from Ecclestone

Mark Mateschitz has bought an impressive collection of racing cars. This became known on Friday. The seller was none other than former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. The son of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz is said to have paid over half a billion euros for the cars.

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone owned a large collection of cars, including racing cars from Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Nelson Piquet and Mike Hawthorn. Now the collection of 69 cars has a new home. None other than Austrian billionaire Mark Mateschitz bought the cars from Ecclestone. This was confirmed by the 94-year-old Briton on Friday.

Open to the public?
According to the British media, the son of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz is said to have paid 500 million pounds, or around 595 million euros. "They are now finding a good home, that was important to me," said Ecclestone. "With a bit of luck, I might have two or three more years. And I don't want to leave it all up to Fabiana (note: wife)," said the former Formula 1 zampano. The 32-year-old Mateschitz is said to be planning to make the collection accessible to the public in the future.