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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONETake away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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I 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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If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
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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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You can’t compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I’m not really nostalgic about the past.
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Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.
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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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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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Our sport is ruled whether it’s for good and bad, or whatever, for technical things. There’s lots of teams out there that could and should have done better if they’d have had technical things. I suppose in the end that basically revolves around how much money they’re gonna get.
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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