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title: "3 Engines Quotes By Bernie Ecclestone"
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> [It's the engine. They should have never had that. The biggest mistake people have made... I say, "people," because it wasn't just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/it-s-the-engine-they-should-have-never-had-that-the-biggest-mistake/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/bernie-ecclestone-8452_biggest-mistake_it-s-the-engine-they-should-have-never-h_736597.png)

> [Under the engine cover, no one cares what's in there. Nobody cares.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/under-the-engine-cover-no-one-cares-what-s-in-there-nobody-cares/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/bernie-ecclestone-8452_care_under-the-engine-cover-no-one-cares-what_2588457.png)

> [ Let's be realistic about that. I think Mercedes when it started the engine \[development\] didn't have a budget. It spent. And then… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/let-s-be-realistic-about-that-i-think-mercedes-when-it-started-the/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/bernie-ecclestone-8452_ability_let-s-be-realistic-about-that-i-think-me_2697353.png)

## Other authors on Engines

## More by Bernie Ecclestone

> [ Bernie \[Ecclestone\] is the commercial rights holder so the more outgoing the champion is, the better. Of course. I also do think about our… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/bernie-ecclestone-is-the-commercial-rights-holder-so-the-more/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/i-have-always-been-happy-to-have-daughters-rather-than-sons-you-never/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [My dad always took to his heels when a nappy change was necessary. I am so much looking forward to our child. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/my-dad-always-took-to-his-heels-when-a-nappy-change-was-necessary-i/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [I have earned the money and changed the nappies!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/i-have-earned-the-money-and-changed-the-nappies/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/you-have-to-hope-that-your-opponents-are-unlucky-never-only-rely-on/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [I also would rather race than strut red carpets in Hollywood - and thank God this is not my job - but also the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/i-also-would-rather-race-than-strut-red-carpets-in-hollywood-and/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [ But when it comes to F1 I am a huge Lewis \[Hamilton\] fan because he is a super promoter of the sport. From a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/but-when-it-comes-to-f1-i-am-a-huge-lewis-hamilton-fan-because-he-is/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [Actually I think I have forgotten how it was back then. Or probably not - I didn't qualify. There were only 16 cars in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/actually-i-think-i-have-forgotten-how-it-was-back-then-or-probably/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [ Generally I still believe that Lewis \[Hamilton\] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/generally-i-still-believe-that-lewis-hamilton-is-the-best-champion/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [ \[Donald\] Trump would want to cosy up to him for sure, and he'd be right to do that. Which would be good for the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/donald-trump-would-want-to-cosy-up-to-him-for-sure-and-he-d-be-right/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [ \[Donald\] Trump, I think, is the sort of guy that if he maybe thought he'd made a little bit of a mistake, would find… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/donald-trump-i-think-is-the-sort-of-guy-that-if-he-maybe-thought-he-d/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [ Probably when I gave things to Slavica \[ Ecclestone\], you know the shares of the company, and things like that. And she put it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/probably-when-i-gave-things-to-slavica-ecclestone-you-know-the-shares/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [ There is no recipe for that. Both \[Nico Rosenberg and Lewis Hamilton\] are very likely equally talented in the car, so the fight between… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/there-is-no-recipe-for-that-both-nico-rosenberg-and-lewis-hamilton/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [Women should be all dressed in white like all the other domestic appliances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/women-should-be-all-dressed-in-white-like-all-the-other-domestic/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

> [It's the engine. They should have never had that. The biggest mistake people have made... I say, "people," because it wasn't just me alone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-ecclestone/it-s-the-engine-they-should-have-never-had-that-the-biggest-mistake/)

[Bernie Ecclestone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-ecclestone/)

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