[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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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Anyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
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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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If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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I think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.
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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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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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I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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Actually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not – I didn’t qualify. There were only 16 cars in the race.
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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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As I small child and hearing all the stories about him I, of course, looked up to him as some kind of miracle. Then I got to eight years old and suddenly I was taller than [Bernie Ecclestone].
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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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