Saturday 23rd December 2000

Deputy mayor of Moscow Joseph Ordzhonikidze was critically injured when gunmen sprayed his car with more than 30 bullets. Although Ordzhonikidze survived, his chauffer was killed. Police immediately focused on a deal done by Tom Walkinshaw to build an F1 circuit in the country – the deal was believed to have angered Moscow’s criminal bosses who wanted to build a casino on the site.