Bernie Ecclestone Quotes

It'd be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.

Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music - you name it.

Lewis [Hamilton] is a hero in the UK. The British love Formula One. Sebastian (Vettel) is also not doing much for F1. People hardly recognize him on the street.

[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.

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.

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.

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.

I think we should SHUT UP, stop talking about negotiating anything, just be quiet and let things sort themselves out a little bit, and see what happens. Maybe there will be one or two other countries that think what Britain's done, we can do, and it seems the right way to go.

I won't be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I've always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.

As the cancellation of the German Grand Prix indicates, Germany is a terrible market for Formula One.

Our sport is ruled whether it's for good and bad, or whatever, for technical things. There's lots of teams out there that could and should have done better if they'd have had technical things. I suppose in the end that basically revolves around how much money they're gonna get.

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.

It's not as easy as that... it's disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get the Olympics.

Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.

Take away Toto Wolff's Mercedes shirt and send Sebastian [Vettel] down a street - nobody would recognize him.

[Donald] Trump would want to cosy up to him for sure, and he'd be right to do that. Which would be good for the world.

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.

You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.

As I small child and hearing all the stories about him I, of course, looked up to him as some kind of miracle. Then I got to eight years old and suddenly I was taller than [Bernie Ecclestone].

You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever... but with me it just happens.

Don't forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.

I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.

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.

[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!

Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.

Anyone who doesn't speak English isn't worth speaking to

I suppose it's knowing when you've come up with an idea that works, when you've got it right, whatever it is.

I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If you're going to take the attitude, I don't think it will work, you will never do anything.

Under the engine cover, no one cares what's in there. Nobody cares.

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.

I'm a dealer. That's exactly right. I'm a used car dealer.

There is no recipe for that. Both [Nico Rosenberg and Lewis Hamilton] are very likely equally talented in the car, so the fight between the two happens between the ears - in the head.

[Olympics] obviously, is not the easiest thing to do, and nobody makes any money out of. Yet, for the small amount of money they could [invest] in a Formula One race, they don't want to do it.

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.

If you say 'Good Morning' in America and it's five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.

A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.

I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.

With [Vladimir] Putin, he says he's going to do something, he gets on it, does it.

Probably when I gave things to Slavica [ Ecclestone], you know the shares of the company, and things like that. And she put it all in trust and the trust sold the shares. Um, would I turn the clock back if I could and so I still owned the company completely? Probably yes. It probably wasn't a good decision, but it was the decision that had to be made. Was I happy that I made it? No.

I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.

It's the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.

I don't have any talent as an artist but I do have an awareness for business and what you need to bring to that world. It helps to know what you're good at.

I never neglected my daughters - quite the opposite - but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.