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.
Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street.
If somebody says, “You like putting out fires,” and I say, “It’s not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren’t fires left I make them, so I can put them out.” It’s what we do.
[When I’ll be old I see myself] as a world champion, on a big farm with an Italian-style, big family with a whole bunch of grandchildren. And the foundations for that I have already laid!
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.
[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.
![Bernie Ecclestone Quote - Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/lewis-hamilton-is-a-hero-in-the-uk-the-british-lov.jpg)
![Bernie Ecclestone Quote - [When I’ll be old I see myself] as a world champion, on a big farm with an Italian-style, big family with a whole bunch of grandchildren. And the foundations for that I have already laid!](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/when-ill-be-old-i-see-myself-as-a-world-champion-o.jpg)
![Bernie Ecclestone Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/if-we-didnt-have-nico-rosberg-and-lewis-hamilton-i.jpg)
![Bernie Ecclestone Quote - Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/nico-rosberg-is-not-seeking-the-limelight-as-lewis.jpg)
![Bernie Ecclestone Quote - [Donald] Trump would want to cosy up to him for sure, and he’d be right to do that. Which would be good for the world.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/donald-trump-would-want-to-cosy-up-to-him-for-sure.jpg)
![Bernie Ecclestone Quote - [Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/maurizio-arrivabene-is-quite-a-character-but-only-.jpg)
![Bernie Ecclestone Quote - [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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/donald-trump-i-think-is-the-sort-of-guy-that-if-he.jpg)