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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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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.
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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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With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he’s going to do something, he gets on it, does it.
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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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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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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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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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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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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.
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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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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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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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I can’t remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
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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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