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‘Willi Weber narrowly escapes prison sentence’

6 August 2010

Willi Weber, Manager of Michael Schumacher and Nico Hülkenberg, has scarcely avoided a jail term, it is being reported in the German press.

Having also managed Ralf Schumacher before the Toyota driver left Formula 1 at the end of 2007, Weber is alleged to have recently been back in German courts after being sentenced to probation and a large fine in a case involving a Schumacher merchandising company in 2008.

22-year-old GP2 Champion Hülkenberg is Weber’s latest Formula 1 signing
22-year-old GP2 Champion Hülkenberg is Weber’s latest Formula 1 signing

This week, the Suddeutsche newspaper plus news agency DPA are reporting that a further 2-year probation period has been confirmed for Weber, who was previously involved in a matter involving the fraudulent insolvency of ‘Pole Position Marketing’.

It is believed that the German must now donate some 360,000 euros (just under 300,000 pounds) to charitable organisations.

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