Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone suffered a minor head injury on Wednesday night after being mugged outside his London office.
Formula One boss robbed of £200,000 worth of jewellery in street attack
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone suffered a minor head injury on Wednesday night after being mugged outside his London office.
Ecclestone, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, was treated in hospital following the attack in which he was punched and kicked by four men.
The men then made off with jewellery worth around £200,000. The incident is being investigated but police have so far made no arrests.
Police said Ecclestone was accompanied by a woman, identified in British media reports as his Brazilian girlfriend Fabiana Flosi.
The attack took place at around 10:30 pm outside the Knightsbridge offices of Formula One Holdings.
Earlier this month, Ecclestone complained there were not enough police officers on the streets of London.
"Normally like in America or anywhere you go, there are people getting mugged," he said. "In London, it's a funny thing you know. It's surprising in Oxford Street the number of people that get mugged there hourly.
"We should have more police there."
Vulnerable
Ecclestone made the comments in response to an attempted attack on Jenson Button in Sao Paolo ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
He suggested that robbers only go after people who look vulnerable.
"They look for victims, they look for anyone that looks like a soft touch and not too bright," Ecclestone said. "The people that look a bit soft and simple, they will always have a go at."
Button escaped after his driver swerved out of a traffic jam to dodge an attempted robbery by heavily-armed gunmen approaching their armoured car.
