I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEYou 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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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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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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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You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever… but with me it just happens.
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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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[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he’d made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn’t want to say, “Well, that’s what I’ve done and I’m sticking to it, and I don’t give a damn.” Which is what the other people in America would be like.
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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.
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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If somebody says, “You like putting out fires,” and I say, “It’s not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren’t fires left I make them, so I can put them out.” It’s what we do.
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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 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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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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Actually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not – I didn’t qualify. There were only 16 cars in the race.
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