Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn’t get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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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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I 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.
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My 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.
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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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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 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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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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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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I’d rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract – perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it – in a way to suit you.
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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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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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If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
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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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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.
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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 might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
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You need to have proper management if you’re going to move forward.
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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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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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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.
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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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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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