Alan Baldwin

Alan Baldwin

@alanbaldwinf1 Formula One Correspondent
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Reuters Formula One correspondent. Any views expressed are my own, not those of my employer.
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RT @GMeenaghan: The view from my balcony this week. Ooh la la. @ Eze, France http://t.co/CcC7r9Xa

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Being serenaded by noisy frogs croaking in the garden below. I can see now why the French eat them. One way of shutting them up.
After the news about Bayern, wondering now whether John Terry might turn up in overalls and a helmet if Sauber get on the podium.
Latest on CVC's pre-IPO $1.6 billion deal http://t.co/h7l2Tpl2

Formula One owner cuts stake in $1.6 billion deal

May 22, 2012 - uk.reuters.com
By Saeed Azhar and Keith Weir SINGAPORE/LONDON | Tue May 22, 2012 5:23pm BST SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) - Three investment groups have bought a 21 percent stake in Formula One from private equity firm CVC Capital CVC.UL for $1.6 billion ahead of the motor racing company's planned flotation in Singapore. The deal sets a benchmark valuation of at least $7.6 billion for the company as financial advisers begin to target cornerstone and retail investors during the pre-marketing process of the IPO. The shares are expected to debut in June.The three investors are U.S. groups Waddell & Reed (WDR.N) and BlackRock (BLK.N), along with Norway's Norges Bank Investment Management, the asset management unit of the Norwegian central bank, CVC said in a statement on Tuesday, confirming earlier ... Continue reading →
Bayern Munich are taking the squad to Monaco GP to get over Champions League loss. They'd better not look at the Sauber too closely, then
I still hope we see a sixth winner on Sunday, though. Or did we really want Seb to stay as dominant as last year (Red Bull fans excepted)?
Reading @rwilliams1947 in Guardian on why five different winners in five races not necessarily a good thing.
Off to Monaco. Well, flight to Genoa first and then a lot of tunnels.
Adrian will be driving a Lamborghini Gallardo in Blancpain Super Trofeo June 2-3
Eye-catching press release just dropped into my inbox: 'Adrian Newey joins driver line-up for Silverstone'.
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