Before they go to the race, people want to think four or five guys could win, but now… Normally you’d say, “One of those two, and I think it’s going to be Lewis [Hamiltom],” because that’s what had been proved up to now – thank God that Nico [Rosberg] has won some races.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEOur sport is ruled whether it’s for good and bad, or whatever, for technical things. There’s lots of teams out there that could and should have done better if they’d have had technical things. I suppose in the end that basically revolves around how much money they’re gonna get.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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You can’t make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it’s quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.
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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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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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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.
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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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If you’re going to take the attitude, I don’t think it will work, you will never do anything.
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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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I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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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 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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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 have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
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Don’t forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
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