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 ECCLESTONEGenerally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music – you name it.
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I also would rather race than strut red carpets in Hollywood – and thank God this is not my job – but also the team principals should be more prominent.
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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.
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.
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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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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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You can’t compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I’m not really nostalgic about the past.
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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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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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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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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Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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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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Take away Toto Wolff’s Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street – nobody would recognize him.
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