Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone's corruption trial to be further delayed, say German officials Ecclestone, 82, was indicted earlier this summer but under the German legal system his defence is allowed a period of time to respond to the charges with the court then deciding on whether the case should proceed to trial. A decision was due by "mid-September." However, according to the Munich prosecutor's office, it is still waiting for additional information from Ecclestone's lawyers and a decision this year is "no longer expected." In a statement, the prosecutor's office also said that the composition of the judging panel is to be changed. The announcement is the latest instalment in a long-running saga which now stretches back almost three years. Gerhard Gribkowksy, the ex-chief risk officer of BayernLB and the man charged with overseeing the sale of the bank's stake in the sport to current owners CVC Capital Partners, has already been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail on corruption charges. Ecclestone denies allegations that he paid $44 million (£28 million) in bribes to Gribkowksy to ensure the sale of the sport to CVC. He claims he was blackmailed by the banker who was threatening to make problems for him with the UK tax authorities. The allegations have cast a shadow over Formula One at a crucial time, with CVC hoping to float the sport on the Singapore stock exchange and Ecclestone broking a new commercial deal between the teams, the governing body and the commercial rights holder which will last until 2020.