It is always easy to criticize, as Bernie Ecclestone is somebody with extreme opinions.

[Formula One] is entertainment and it competes with other entertainments - and not with other racing formats. It competes with people's time on a weekend. So you have to deliver.

F1 is exciting, its values are attractive and it could be an even better family sport.

Technology will have moved on to an unimaginable level in ten years.

If you run a country and want to put it on the global map you don't have so many choices. You can get the Olympics, the World Cup or a Formula One race. And the first two are only every four years - and you have them only once.

You have to see it on a broader level. But you also have to activate it properly.

I recently interviewed Bernie Ecclestone in London. He had a go at women, said [Vladimir] Putin should be running Europe and so on. He enjoys it - he's been doing it for such a long time. He has an entrenched position. The truth be known, he is unique, right?