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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI think we don’t need some people in Brussels trying to run countries that are some distance apart, who don’t speak the same language, don’t eat the same food. There’s a bit of difference between, Holland, if you like, and Italy.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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My daughters have strong personalities. I’m close to them but they don’t really need me to advise them on how to manage their lives and they don’t ask me to do that.
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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 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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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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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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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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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 believe when you say you’re going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There’s no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It’s very simple.
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[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!
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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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