I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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 also would rather race than strut red carpets in Hollywood – and thank God this is not my job – but also the team principals should be more prominent.
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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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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.
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If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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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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I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
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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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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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Our 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.
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My daughters have strong personalities. I’m close to them but they don’t really need me to advise them on how to manage their lives and they don’t ask me to do that.
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I think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That’s what they need. Find a good car dealer.
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I believe when you say you’re going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There’s no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It’s very simple.
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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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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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