I suppose it’s knowing when you’ve come up with an idea that works, when you’ve got it right, whatever it is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEMy dad always took to his heels when a nappy change was necessary. I am so much looking forward to our child. It is such a wonderfully exciting time right now.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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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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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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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’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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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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If we didn’t have Nico [Rosberg] and Lewis [Hamilton] in those cars – there’s one or two guys down the field who in those cars would have delivered the same.
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People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: ‘We’ll come to Silverstone and have a look how it’s done’, and I tell them to stay away.
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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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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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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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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he’d made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn’t want to say, “Well, that’s what I’ve done and I’m sticking to it, and I don’t give a damn.” Which is what the other people in America would be like.
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It’s the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.
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