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When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.

Bernie Ecclestone

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Bernie Ecclestone
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: October 28
Business Magnate
Businessperson
Formula One Driver
Bungay
Suffolk
Bernard Charles Ecclestone
Bernard Charles Bernie Ecclestone
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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 believe when you say you're going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There's no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It's very simple.
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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 earned the money and changed the nappies!
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I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.
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Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
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I think we don't need some people in Brussels trying to run countries that are some distance apart, who don't speak the same language, don't eat the same food. There's a bit of difference between, Holland, if you like, and Italy.
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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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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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Anyone who doesn't speak English isn't worth speaking to
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I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
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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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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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You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.
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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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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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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 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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The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. I am the CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, which runs the business in F1. From this point of view, I own F1.
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Two races we've lost which I'm genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.
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