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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.

Bernie Ecclestone

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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Thinking Trying
A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Ferrari Men Wise
I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Needed Regret Sports
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Bad Climate Era Past Point Sports
I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn’t be like Lewis. I don’t like gold jewelry!
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Gold Hamilton Jewelry
Two races we’ve lost which I’m genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Race Two
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Before Normally Thinking Two Winning
I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Confidence Judicial System
I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Interest Prepared Threatened
I can’t remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Journalist Kind Remember
I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn’t justified in some countries.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Country Justice Past
I never neglected my daughters – quite the opposite – but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Daughter Opposite Time
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.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Jobs Race Team
You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Luck Opponents Unlucky
[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 ECCLESTONE

Good Right World
[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
BERNIE ECCLESTONE

Character Formulas One

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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