Fabiana Flosi was well known for being with his Wife of Formula 1 (F1) billionaire Bernie Ecclestone. The couple married at his chalet in 2013. She is 46 years younger than Ecclestone. Fabiana is the Vice President of the Brazilian Grand Prix, a Formula 1 (F1) race as well as the Chief Executive Officer of Celebrity Coffee. On July 1, 2020, Fabiana Flosi and Bernie Ecclestone have welcomed their first child together. ^{[23] [22] [9] [25]}

Bernie and Fabiana met in 2009, after Bernie had divorced his second wife Slavica, to whom he was married for 24 years.

They had two daughters, Tamara and Petra, who are not very thrilled with their father’s third wife.

Fabiana was the director of marketing of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

At the time she was in a relationship with a.Brazilian doctor She was married briefly before that. ^[9]

Fabiana Flosi became engaged to Bernie Ecclestone in April 2012, when she was 35.

He was 82.

"We are officially engaged- and it’s not going to be a long engagement either," Bernie said.

They married four months later, in August of the same year.

Fabiana’s engagement ring is said to be worth $160,000.

The wedding was held at Le Lion, Bernie's chalet in the exclusive resort of Gstaad, Switzerland. ^[9][13] Notably absent from the wedding were Bernie's daughters Petra, 24, and Tamara, 28, who remained in LA.^[13]

The couple is now dividing their time between a mansion in Chelsea, West London and a luxury chalet in Gstaad where they married.^[16]

On April 4, 2020, Fabiana and Bernie announced that they were expecting their first child together.

The child will be Fabiana's first and Ecclestone's fourth.

Ecclestone is also a grandfather of five.

Ecclesetone is 89 while Fabiana is 44.

The pregnancy was announced by the Swiss publication Blick.

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'Yes, it is due in the summer,' Mr Ecclestone told Blick.

'Hopefully he'll learn to play backgammon soon!' ^[23]

'Like all parents, we have only one wish: the child must be born healthy,' she said.

'Hopefully he will never express the intention to do something with Formula 1.' ^[23]

Mr Eccleston added: 'After my Formula 1 time, we've had plenty of time to practice!' ^[23]

He went on to speak about the current coronavirus pandemic, and said he 'just wants everything to be good with Fabiana' should the isolation go on longer.

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'Fortunately the farm never runs out of work,' he added.

'Fabiana also looks after her own coffee plantation.' ^[23]

On July 1, 2020, the couple welcomed their baby son Ace, weighing 7lb 1oz.

During the pregnancy, the two were in Brazil but then headed to Switzerland due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation. The couple was isolating in Bernie Ecclestone's ski chalet in Switzerland for the past three months.^[26][27]

Fabiani comes from a respectable middle class family.

Her father is a retired civil servant with a backround in engineering.

Her mother, Aparecida Schunk is a housewife. She has a sister, Fernanda. The family has a home in the Interlagos district of São Paulo, Brazil and a vacation home in the countryside. ^[9]

In July 2016, Fabiana's mother, Aparecida Schunk was kidnapped for ransom of £28 million GBP or $36.6 million USD. She was kidnapped at her home in the Interlagos district of São Paulo, Brazil.

A source close to the police investigation told Brazilian magazine Veja the criminals have stipulated the ransom money be paid in pounds sterling and split into four plastic bags. ^[1]

The amount is the largest ever demanded in a kidnapping in Brazil, which sees hundreds of cases a year. ^[1]

Schunck was freed after being traced to a house near Sao Paulo after investigators monitored phone calls between the kidnappers and her family.

The house where Schunck was held for nine days is located in a poor neighbourhood of the town of Cotia and is divided into five flats.^[15]

The owner of the house, who lived in one of the flats at the back of the building, said his wife had not stopped crying since she had found out that Schunck had been held "right under our noses".^[15]

In 2010, Bernie and Fabiana were attacked outside the headquarters of Bernie's company Formula One Holdings in Knightsbridge, central London. Ecclestone was punched and kicked by four men who were lying in wait as he arrived at his business headquarters. The gang, none of whom have been arrested, escaped with £200,000 worth of jewellery including Ecclestone's watch and a diamond ring.^[21]