gerhard gribkowsky is serving an eight and a half year sentence for accepting the money. >> it is unavoidable that people like and can buy freedom. i would have preferred a verdict. >> he now was to turn his attention back to formula one. >> let's pack up for a report left off -- pick up where our report left off. ecclestone settling this case out of court has many saying is getting off lightly. as long as you have cash w can buy your way out of anything? >> i do not think that is the case. that is a procedure that is common in germany to tease the burden on courts and to deal with cases where a judgment may be difficult to reach. we see the main witness in this case did not deliver the evidence that the prosecution was hoping for. convicting ecclestone became less light -- less likely throughout the trial. and as he is a wealthy man, the payment is large. >> he says what he did was not bribery, but is settling this absolving himself of the charges? >> the legal interest of this matter is over now. he is not innocent, he is not convicted, the allegations may be there but they are not pressing