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 ECCLESTONETwo races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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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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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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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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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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If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.
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I have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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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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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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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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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 simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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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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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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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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If I feel like something’s gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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Generally 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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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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Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.
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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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Each new deal is another opportunity.
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You’re born with certain gifts and you use them as best you can in life. You begin to learn and recognize that you have certain skills and aptitudes that you apply and use them to carry you forward.
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It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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I’d rather get to the 70-year-old guy who’s got plenty of cash.
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