F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has denied he masterminded Britain's $30m "Great Train Robbery".
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has denied he masterminded Britain's $30m "Great Train Robbery".
"There wasn't enough money on that train (for me)," the self-made billionaire grinned.
But Bernie, 74, does admit knowing the getaway driver. He told London's Independent newspaper that he gave Roy James a job when he came out of jail.
Roy, a friend of Damon Hill's F1 racing father Graham, had been a pretty quick race driver.
"James asked me for a job," Ecclestone - former owner of the Brabham F1 outfit - revealed, "but I wasn't going to let him drive".
Instead, he commissioned James, also a talented silversmith, to make a trophy - the very one still given to the best F1 promoter each year.
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"There wasn't enough money on that train (for me)," the self-made billionaire grinned.
But Bernie, 74, does admit knowing the getaway driver. He told London's Independent newspaper that he gave Roy James a job when he came out of jail.
Roy, a friend of Damon Hill's F1 racing father Graham, had been a pretty quick race driver.
"James asked me for a job," Ecclestone - former owner of the Brabham F1 outfit - revealed, "but I wasn't going to let him drive".
Instead, he commissioned James, also a talented silversmith, to make a trophy - the very one still given to the best F1 promoter each year.
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