[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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEIf you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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 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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I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.
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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.
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I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
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With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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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.
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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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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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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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 earned the money and changed the nappies!
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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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