By Huw Alban
May 22 2006

It wasn't that long ago that a quote appeared from F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone critising Midland F1 team owner Alex Shnaider and suggesting that perhaps his purchase of Jordan Grand Prix was not such a good idea after all. Last week he seems to have changed his mind.

Autosport was the first to break the news, followed by the other regular freebie sites. As soon as we were aware we let our sources in the team know of the news, and curiously we got little in the way of reaction.

The news has received a unanimous reaction on this site's forum. We all want to know what suddenly Bernie has to gain from Alex's involvement in the sport :o)

"When Jordan was for sale it was Shnaider who was the only one putting the money on the table to save the team," Ecclestone had reportedly said. "If it wasn't for his intervention, the team would have folded and there would have been only 18 cars in 2005. He represents a serious group and an important economy such as the Russian one."

"He doesn't talk, but he does things."

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