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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.

Bernie Ecclestone

I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Car Dealer Used
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Lot Sports Team Technical
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
Anyone who doesn’t speak English isn’t worth speaking to
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

English Speak
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
Don’t forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Long Race West
I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn’t be like Lewis. I don’t like gold jewelry!
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Gold Hamilton Jewelry
Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Shirts Street Vettel
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
You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Artist Musician Skills
I’d rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract – perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it – in a way to suit you.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Mistake Suits Writing You
[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 ECCLESTONE

Champion Grandchildren Italian
My 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 ECCLESTONE

Children Dad Forward Looking
It’s not as easy as that… it’s disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get the Olympics.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Thinking Trying
You need to have proper management if you’re going to move forward.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Management Moving Needs
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Aptitude Skills Use
Before 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 ECCLESTONE

Before Normally Thinking Two Winning
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Baby Dad Nappies
I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Daughter Opposite Time
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Believe Race Simple
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
Generally 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 ECCLESTONE

Believe Fashion Names
As I small child and hearing all the stories about him I, of course, looked up to him as some kind of miracle. Then I got to eight years old and suddenly I was taller than [Bernie Ecclestone].
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Children Eight Years
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
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Decisions Important Views
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
I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Confidence Judicial System

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