Editing Bernie Ecclestone (section)

==Queens Park Rangers==
On 3 September 2007, it was announced that Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore had bought [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1103536,00.html |title=CLUB STATEMENT |date=3 September 2007 |access-date=1 March 2008 |publisher=Queens Park Rangers F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218190602/http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10373~1103536%2C00.html |archive-date=18 February 2008  }}</ref> In December 2007, they were joined as co-owners by businessman [[Lakshmi Mittal]], the fifth richest person in the world, who bought 20% of the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2329071/Lakshmi-Mittal-invests-in-QPR.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2329071/Lakshmi-Mittal-invests-in-QPR.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Lakshmi Mittal invests in QPR|date=20 December 2007 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 17 December 2010 it was announced that Ecclestone had purchased the majority of shares from Flavio Briatore becoming the majority shareholder with 62% of the shares.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bernie Ecclestone is now majority shareholder of Queens Park Rangers |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/dec/17/bernie-ecclestone-qpr?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 |date=17 December 2010 |access-date=6 October 2012 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317163421/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/17/bernie-ecclestone-qpr?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 |archive-date=17 March 2011 }}</ref>
It was announced on 18 August 2011 that Ecclestone and Briatore had sold their entire shareholding in the club to [[Tony Fernandes]], known for his ownership of the Caterham Formula 1 team.<ref name="QPRsale">{{cite web | title=Malaysian executive buys QPR from Ecclestone | work=[[The Washington Times]] | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/18/malaysian-executive-buys-qpr-from-ecclestone/ | date=18 August 2011 | access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>