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 ECCLESTONEI’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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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.
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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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.
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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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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.
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I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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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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I suppose it’s knowing when you’ve come up with an idea that works, when you’ve got it right, whatever it is.
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If you’re going to take the attitude, I don’t think it will work, you will never do anything.
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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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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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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].
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