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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.

Bernie Ecclestone

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Bernie Ecclestone
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: October 28
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Under the engine cover, no one cares what's in there. Nobody cares.
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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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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 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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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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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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