I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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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[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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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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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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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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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 simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
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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 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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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported 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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