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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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Bernie Ecclestone
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: October 28
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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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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 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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I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
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[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.
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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.
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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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As the cancellation of the German Grand Prix indicates, Germany is a terrible market for Formula One.
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Anyone who doesn't speak English isn't worth speaking to
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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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If you're going to take the attitude, I don't think it will work, you will never do anything.
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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But when it comes to F1 I am a huge Lewis [Hamilton] fan because he is a super promoter of the sport. From a pure business aspect - sorry Nico if I have to say this - you are not so good for my business.
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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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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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It's the engine. They should have never had that. The biggest mistake people have made... I say, people, because it wasn't just me alone, was not insisting Mercedes supply Red Bull an engine. Because had they supplied the same engine as they had, you would have seen good racing, you would have seen Red Bull up there last year.
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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 have earned the money and changed the nappies!
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If somebody says, You like putting out fires, and I say, It's not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren't fires left I make them, so I can put them out. It's what we do.
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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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