They wanted the same sort of deal as Mercedes and some money. So we tried to work it out. We got a calculator and worked out what nine years would be, what we've done for them is not anything that we need to do, or had to, but we've done it to try and be helpful and keep Renault in Formula One. Our agreement is with Renault and not with Lotus.

Bernie Ecclestone

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

Bernie Ecclestone

appliances should white

Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.

Bernie Ecclestone

important decision views

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

Bernie Ecclestone

management moving needs

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

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morning america past

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

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west race long

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

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speak-english speak

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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aptitude skills use

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.

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clock decision share

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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fans sorry sports

[Donald] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he'd made a little bit of a mistake, would find a way out, he wouldn't want to say, "Well, that's what I've done and I'm sticking to it, and I don't give a damn." Which is what the other people in America would be like.

Bernie Ecclestone

mistake america thinking

You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.

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unlucky opponents luck

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

Bernie Ecclestone

ifs attitude thinking

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.

Bernie Ecclestone

rights views running

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.

Bernie Ecclestone

winning two thinking

I have earned the money and changed the nappies!

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nappies changed

I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.

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judicial judicial-system percent

[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.

Bernie Ecclestone

would-be want world

I'd rather get to the 70-year-old guy who's got plenty of cash.

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cash guy years

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.

Bernie Ecclestone

writing football sports

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.

Bernie Ecclestone

team nice football