[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEA wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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Don’t forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he’d made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn’t want to say, “Well, that’s what I’ve done and I’m sticking to it, and I don’t give a damn.” Which is what the other people in America would be like.
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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 won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
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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 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.
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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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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
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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.
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