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].
Bernie EcclestoneI was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.
Bernie EcclestoneI always thought that dads in the old days where rather macho types who wouldn't get close to a baby, let alone change nappies.
Bernie EcclestonePeople want to build new circuits around the world and they say: 'We'll come to Silverstone and have a look how it's done', and I tell them to stay away.
Bernie EcclestoneActually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not - I didn't qualify. There were only 16 cars in the race.
Bernie EcclestoneLet's be realistic about that. I think Mercedes when it started the engine [development] didn't have a budget. It spent. And then lots of teams don't and can't. I mean Red Bull, for example, that won four world championships, didn't know the word "budget", and it's a case that it hadn't got the ability to have the engine that it should have had. Because somebody else [Mercedes] had the engine, wouldn't let them have it, because they didn't want competition.
Bernie Ecclestone