LONDON TIMES REPORTS LINK BETWEEN F1 AND DRUG TRADE

LONDON - Customs officials are looking into allegations of a link between
Formula One and cocaine smuggling amid accusations that Grand Prix cars may
have been used to conceal drugs as they are transported around the world,
the Sunday Times in London reported.

Quoting mostly unidentified police detectives and customs sources, the
newspaper said customs officers were tipped off by an informant from the
racing world 18 months ago and recently began monitoring the movement of
Formula One personnel and equipment through the British port of Dover.

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone declined to comment, the newspaper said.

The Sunday Times said a Formula One insider, who was not identified, said he
had been interviewed by police investigating claims that drugs were being
stashed in car parts and being transported from South America to Europe.