At 95, Bernie Ecclestone — the man who once orchestrated the global machinery of Formula 1 — found himself briefly grounded at a small Portuguese aerodrome, not by the sport's politics, but by a shotgun and the quiet insistence of paperwork. Arriving from Switzerland with a firearm intended for a clay pigeon competition, he lacked the documentation required by Portuguese customs, surrendering the weapon after an hour of questioning. It is a reminder that borders observe no hierarchy of reputation, and that the rules governing the movement of restricted objects across jurisdictions apply with e