If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEIf you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEActually 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’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI 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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEGenerally 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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou 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 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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEMy 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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou can’t make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it’s quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEBefore 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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEDon’t forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI have earned the money and changed the nappies!
BERNIE ECCLESTONE[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!
BERNIE ECCLESTONEMy 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.
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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