Two races we've lost which I'm genuinely upset about were India and Turkey. Bernie Ecclestone More Quotes by Bernie Ecclestone More Quotes From Bernie Ecclestone In defense of Red Bull, and (principal) Christian Horner in particular, the reason they canceled their agreement with Renault was so they could do the deal which they thought they'd done with Mercedes. Bernie Ecclestone sports I don't think he should ever have stepped down, and I don't think he should have ever been challenged. Bernie Ecclestone sports You can understand the position with both Ferrari and Mercedes. If they happen to give Red Bull the same sort of engine that they have, they will show up the people that are supplying the engines, i don’t want them to stop. I honestly think any of the engine suppliers would be OK for them. Bernie Ecclestone sports 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 sports It's strange that a company as large as Renault are taking such a long time to make a decision, to be honest with you, they've been waiting for us to make a contribution to give them a reason to do something, which we've done two weeks ago. So I don't know. Bernie Ecclestone sports They don't have to beg (for food) any more because we've looked after them. It's not nice for the team. We've done all we can do, plus, let's hope now that somebody else does something. Bernie Ecclestone sports Apparently Renault are going to take over Lotus. Apparently. This is what has been foreseen. Whether it will be completed, I don't know, if they don't complete it (the takeover) by Monday or put some money in soon... unless Renault come to the party, it won't happen. Bernie Ecclestone sports In business in general there is no reason not to have women as CEOs of companies, including Formula One Management Ltd, the problem is that most women do not wish to take the responsibility of being held responsible for a big company. Bernie Ecclestone world We’ve talked about it. Maybe in 2017 -- So you know you can book your tickets for the next 10 years. Bernie Ecclestone sports We will wait for the complaint, they all signed contracts. I hope the complaint goes ahead and the competition authorities have enough patience and time to deal with it. Bernie Ecclestone sports Donald Mackenzie doesn't want to sell, simple as that, donald Mackenzie loves Formula One, loves Formula One. Bernie Ecclestone sports I could work with anybody, it doesn't make any difference to me. Dieter Hahn lost the case so why should I be upset with Dieter Hahn ? If Dieter Hahn were here now, we'd probably be having dinner tonight. Bernie Ecclestone sports I have no idea whether any of these people have got closer with this, but CVC is in the business of buying and selling companies. Bernie Ecclestone mergers-acquisitions He wasn't offered a position. It was in discussion but...that's it, i don't know whether he was going to get offered a position or not but at the time he couldn't say 'yes, I'm going to be whatever'. Bernie Ecclestone company-news I am a huge Lewis fan because he is a super promoter of the sport. Bernie Ecclestone sports Slowly but surely what I predicted about Europe is happening, what I said 10 years ago is that it would soon become a third world economy. Bernie Ecclestone sports We should have never ever, ever allowed Manor to do what they’ve done. It’s our fault. I predicted this would happen, they had no intention of racing in Australia. Zero. They couldn’t have raced if someone had gone there with a machine gun and put it to their head. Bernie Ecclestone sports We would do everything to stop them fading away, but in the end the only reason the race won't happen is because they can't afford to run the race. Bernie Ecclestone sports We'll have to fund it, i'm in the middle of trying to do something. Bernie Ecclestone sports We've got a contract in place (with Hockenheim), we just have to amend the years of the contract. It was alternating with Nuerburgring so we'll just take that out. Bernie Ecclestone sports
