Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone
Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestoneis a British business magnate. He is the chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns Delta Topco, the ultimate parent company of the Formula One Group. As such, he is generally considered the primary authority in Formula One racing and is most commonly described in tabloid journalism as "F1 Supremo"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 October 1930
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It would have been dangerous to run. In hindsight, the more we looked at it the worse it was. Whatever the cure was, the side effects were worse.
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I understand now that there may be some problems with that.
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We've not got a contract with Silverstone yet but I would be shattered if we didn't get one.
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We have a contract with them, so I don't see any problem. From our point of view, we don't have a problem. Tony (George) and I are discussing another five years after that.
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It's wrong to say that Ferrari have been excluded. I think they will come along. It's positive news for a change.
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They are knowledgeable about motor sport and make an ideal partner for Formula One.
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I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.
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People 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.
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I'd rather get to the 70-year-old guy who's got plenty of cash.
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Waiters are like hookers, never around when you want them.
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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.
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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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Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.
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I leave at half-time; by then you can see which way it's going. If you ask me to name five of our team, I couldn't. There's that guy who scores goals - Taarabt. Routledge I've heard of. All bloody nice guys but I don't mix with them so I don't know them well. I don't go in the dressing room. They can walk out of the showers and I feel I've got an inferiority complex.