Piece of shit Bernie Ecclestone speaks:
On Hamilton:
Bernie just can't understand why everyone isn't a shameless publicity whore like himself.‘He’s the best world champion we’ve had,’ said Ecclestone.
‘As a driver he is absolutely outstanding — as good as there’s ever been. Apart from the talent, he’s a good guy, he gets out on the street and supports and promotes Formula One. He is box office, 100 per cent.
‘It doesn’t matter what comes out of Lewis’s mouth, it’s good — even if it’s silly. It’s great for the sport. I told Sebastian (Vettel) he should do what Lewis is doing — put himself out there. He won four titles but went to ground.
‘He should have done the job of world champion. He got paid money for being champion. These guys think their only job is racing a car. It goes a bit further than that.
On his own unbearable and insatiable greed:
Monza FFS. The man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.Ecclestone said that even Monza, the track central to Italy’s love affair with motor racing, could be another victim.
‘It would be terrible, but if it goes, it goes,’ he said. ‘It’s funny how these people dig up money for things like the Olympics, European athletics and God knows what else. People say we charge too much for a race, and they are probably right, but teams get 62 per cent of the profit the company makes, so if we make less money, the teams make less money.’
On his total disregard for the traditions and integrity of the sport and his desire to reintroduce and extend the farcical double points nonsense:
I know, why not have an auction for the points? Get rid of the stupid cars and drivers and we could have the teams bidding for points. And to place their bids they have to run the wrong way up a treadmill that was sprayed with oil while clowns threw wet sponges at them. All proceeds go to Bernie.‘Last year we didn’t know who the world champion was until the last corner of the last race,’ he said. ‘It was exciting. I’d like to extend it to the last three races.’ And then there are the sprinklers to create artificially wet races. Ecclestone said: ‘We should do that. Why not have six races where there’s something different?
‘I also suggested that we give 20 points over a weekend. Ten points for pole and 10 for winning the race. Then the one on pole starts maybe 12th on the grid, so you get a bunch of decent guys starting in the middle of the field.’
On how low he's prepared to sink to stuff his wallet:
The Azerbaijan Grand PrixEcclestone, 84, is criticised for selling the sport’s soul to ever higher bidders, with Baku in Azerbaijan due to be added to the calendar next year and the German Grand Prix off for this season, with no guarantee of a return.
Only the good die young.
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