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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou need to have proper management if you’re going to move forward.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music – you name it.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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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When people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don’t want it built like that. It’s quite embarrassing.
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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 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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You’re born with certain gifts and you use them as best you can in life. You begin to learn and recognize that you have certain skills and aptitudes that you apply and use them to carry you forward.
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It’s not as easy as that… it’s disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get the Olympics.
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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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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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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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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But when it comes to F1 I am a huge Lewis [Hamilton] fan because he is a super promoter of the sport. From a pure business aspect – sorry Nico if I have to say this – you are not so good for my business.
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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 was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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