Former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that he is to become a father for the fourth time at 89 years of age.

Ecclestone is currently in Brazil at his farm north of Sao Paulo in self-isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

He will turn 90 in October, but before that he is going to be a father for the fourth time with wife Fabiana Flosi.

Ecclestone confirmed the news to German newspaper Blick.

He said: “Yes, it is due in the summer.