BERNIE ECCLESTONE

They say Formula One is a market which it can't be, obviously. Our market is independent, it's a sport.

What we need now is a Treaty of the World not a Treaty of Rome.

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.

I have earned the money and changed the nappies!

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.

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.

[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.

I'd rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract - perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it - in a way to suit you.

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

I have 100 percent confidence in the German judicial system.

Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music - you name it.

I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.

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

It'd be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.

A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.

As the cancellation of the German Grand Prix indicates, Germany is a terrible market for Formula One.

I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.

I have a lot of faith in justice systems around the world even though there were cases in the past where that faith wasn't justified in some countries.

I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.

When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike.

I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.

Each new deal is another opportunity.

Two races we've lost which I'm genuinely upset about were India and Turkey.

I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn't be like Lewis. I don't like gold jewelry!

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.