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Bernie Ecclestone

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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Believe Country Thinking
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Car Guy Two
[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Character Formulas One
Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Care Engine No Nobody One
I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Mad People Said
I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Daughter Girl Son
I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Changed Money Nappies
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Easier Hamilton Thinking
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 ECCLESTONE

Car Race Thinking
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Bad Climate Era Past Point Sports
I 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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Distance Running
Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Hoojkers Waiter Want
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

British Hero People
I’ve never told anybody this, so I don’t know if maybe you shouldn’t print it, but I’ve made plans. I’m only going to continue doing this for another 25 years.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Made Print Years
I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Interest Prepared Threatened
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Business Fans Sorry Sports
Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Shirts Street Vettel
With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Going Say Something
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Done Looks People
It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Good Trump World
If you’re going to take the attitude, I don’t think it will work, you will never do anything.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Anything Attitude Thinking
Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Famous Limelight Want
I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Game Scrapped Sports Together
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Looks People Track
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Justice Past
I suppose it’s knowing when you’ve come up with an idea that works, when you’ve got it right, whatever it is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Come Ideas Knowing Up
If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

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