We've not got a contract with Silverstone yet but I would be shattered if we didn't get one.
"Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone" is a British business magnate. He is the chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns Delta Topco, the ultimate parent company of Group. As such, he is generally considered the primary authority in Formula One racing and is most commonly described in tabloid journalism as "F1 Supremo".
His early involvement in the sport was as a competitor and then as a manager of drivers Stuart Lewis-Evans and Jochen Rindt. In 1972, he bought the Brabham team, which he ran for fifteen years. As a team owner he became a member of the Formula One Constructors Association. His control of the sport, which grew from his pioneering the sale of television rights in the late 1970s, is chiefly financial, but under the terms of the Concorde Agreement he and his companies also manage the administration, setup and logistics of each Formula One Grand Prix, making him one of the richest men in the UK, according to his net worth. Ecclestone entered two Grand Prix races as a driver, during the 1958 season, but failed to qualify for either of them.
Ecclestone and business partner Flavio Briatore also owned the English football club Queens Park Rangers F.C./Queens Park Rangers between 2007 and 2011.
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I like visiting Silverstone - it's a reminder of what racing was like in the 1950s.
I hope everybody understands, or will if they don't now, understand why it all happened.
If somebody would have been killed it would have been more or less murder because we knew it was dangerous, so to send people out like that would have been totally irresponsible. Unless something comes up drastic which is going to preclude Tony from putting the event on, I don't see any problems.
When people want to built new tracks, they want to look at Silverstone. We don't want it built like that. It's quite embarrassing.
If I did take away Silverstone and a British Grand Prix, I'd be seen as a bad guy but that wouldn't bother me.
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.
They say Formula One is a market which it can't be, obviously. Our market is independent, it's a sport."
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