With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEWhen people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don’t want it built like that. It’s quite embarrassing.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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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I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
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I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn’t be like Lewis. I don’t like gold jewelry!
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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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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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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[Donald] Trump would want to cosy up to him for sure, and he’d be right to do that. Which would be good for the world.
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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.
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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.
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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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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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.
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