Under the engine cover, no one cares what’s in there. Nobody cares.
BERNIE ECCLESTONEI’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.
More Bernie Ecclestone Quotes
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A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.
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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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[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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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.
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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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I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.
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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 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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I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.
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I 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.
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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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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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If you’re going to take the attitude, I don’t think it will work, you will never do anything.
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