Who is Bernie Ecclestone’s wife Fabiana Flosi, how long have they been married and do they have kids together?

Bernie Ecclestone, who turns 93 later this month, was sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for two years, at Southwark Crown Court. The former boss of Formula One who avoided prison after pleading guilty to fraud, was supported at Southwark Crown Court by his third wife, Fabiana Flosi.

Ecclestone, who was previously married to Ivy Bamford and model Slavica Radic, wed Fabiana Flosi in 2012. According to Tatler, the couple “met through the World Sports Council, where Flosi regularly attended meetings. They knew each other professionally for a few years before a mutual friend invited Fabiana on a cruise around Croatia with Bernie and others in 2009, and the rest is history.”

Brazilian-born Fabiana Flosi’s mother Aparecida Schunk was involved in an abduction from her Sao Paulo home back in 2016. Although a ransom of $36.5m was reportedly demanded, none was paid. The BBC reported in August 2016 that “Ms Schunck was freed after being traced to a house near Sao Paulo after investigators monitored phone calls between the kidnappers and her family, police say.” 

It was reported that Bernie Ecclestone was keen to travel to Brazil at the time of his mother-in-law's abduction but it is believed that he and his wife were advised to stay behind in the UK. 

Bernie Ecclestone and Fabiana Flosi married at Bernie’s chalet Le Lion in Gstaad, Switzerland in 2012, the property features an indoor swimming pool and stunning views. In 2020, the couple revealed that they were set to become parents, Bernie was 89 at the time.

In July 2020, Fabiana Flosi gave birth to a boy, whom the couple named Ace. Fabiana said of the birth that “it was all so easy” and that “the birth was over after 25 minutes. I thank God.” Ace Ecclestone’s half-sisters are Deborah, the daughter of Bernie’s first wife Ivy Bamford and Tamara and Petra, the daughters of Bernie’s second wife Slavica Radic.