When people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don’t want it built like that. It’s quite embarrassing.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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I always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn’t get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
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I’ve never told anybody this, so I don’t know if maybe you shouldn’t print it, but I’ve made plans. I’m only going to continue doing this for another 25 years.
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I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
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I’d rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract – perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it – in a way to suit you.
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I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.
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I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn’t justified in some countries.
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I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn’t be like Lewis. I don’t like gold jewelry!
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I think we don’t need some people in Brussels trying to run countries that are some distance apart, who don’t speak the same language, don’t eat the same food. There’s a bit of difference between, Holland, if you like, and Italy.
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With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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It’s not as easy as that… it’s disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get the Olympics.
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Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.
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I think in the end officials in each country’s judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it’s on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
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