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Bernie Ecclestone
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: October 28
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Formula One Driver
Bungay
Suffolk
Bernard Charles Ecclestone
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I think in the end officials in each country's judicial system will do what they believe is right because if they do something bad to somebody it's on their conscience for the rest of their lives.
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You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.
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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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If I feel like something's gonna be right, I invest in it, whatever it is.
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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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Two races we've lost which I'm genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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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 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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I think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That's what they need. Find a good car dealer.
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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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As the cancellation of the German Grand Prix indicates, Germany is a terrible market for Formula One.
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My daughters have strong personalities. I'm close to them but they don't really need me to advise them on how to manage their lives and they don't ask me to do that.
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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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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 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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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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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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