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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

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
Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Race Two
I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Interest Prepared Threatened
Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Famous Limelight Want
Each new deal is another opportunity.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Another Opportunity Deals Each New
It’s the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Football Sports Writing
If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

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

Shirts Street Vettel
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Car Guy Two
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
It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Good Trump World
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Business Fans Sorry Sports
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
When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Atmosphere Money More Stakes
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 have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Luck Opponents Unlucky
You 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 ECCLESTONE

Decision Issues Waiting
If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

America Morning Past
Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Hoojkers Waiter Want
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Made Print Years
I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Daughter Girl Son
[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Character Formulas One
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
My 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 ECCLESTONE

Daughter Personality Strong
I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Game Scrapped Sports Together
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
I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Needed Regret Sports

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.

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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.

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