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Qatar, RSE teaming up to buy stake in Formula One - source

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LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - RSE Ventures is teaming up with Qatar to buy a 35.5 percent stake in the holding company that owns Formula One in a $7 billion-$8 billion deal, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

RSE, which owns U.S. football team Miami Dolphins, is looking to acquire the stake from buyout group CVC Capital Partners Ltd.

CVC owns a 35.5 percent stake in F1, which is headed by billionaire Bernie Ecclestone.

Dieter Hahn, chairman of the supervisory board of German sports marketing media group Constantin Medien is also involved with the investment consortium, the source said, although Reuters could not immediately verify what his precise involvement was.