Bernie Ecclestone spoke about Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel at F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix
The ex-F1 supremo, 92, is in the paddock at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix for the first time since s🐟aying Russian president Vladimir Putin is “a first class person” and defending Nelson Piquet’s꧙ racist comment about Hamilton.
Next year Ecclestone will stand trial accused of failing to declare more than✤ £400 million.
What Ecclestone said about Hamilton and Verstappen
"Max doesn't play games," he told RTL. "He's there to win races and win the world championship and he's doing൩ just that🌳.
“Nothing is sto♕pping him from d💫oing what he wants to do.
“Whether he will win more titles depends on whether the team really improves.🌠 All the guys who win the championship have to rely on the teamIf they don't have the support of the team, they won't make it.&n♑bsp;
“I♏f he keeps t👍hat up, the team will continue to support him and there's nothing stopping them from continuing to win.
"Everything𓆏 is good at the moment and there is no reason why it shouldn't g🎃et better.”
Verstappen has won back-to-back titles despite the overshadowing of the controversial 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 cost cap row.
What Ecclestone said about Schumacher
He commented on Haas driver 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher whose future remains unclear: “Maybe he needs to forget F1 and focus on ot✃her motorsport series.
“His name is his biggest burden,🅺 but ✨he is trying to live up to it as best he can. And that’s what brings him all the problems.
“Tha🐬t’s why: forget about it and win in another category.൩”
Ecclestone said about Schumacher’s hopes of staying with Haas in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up: “I don’t think he is in.
“People were disappointed with his performance – whether it was down ♐to him or 💛the team, we don’t know.”
Schumacher responded vi✤a Bild: “It’s hard to forget Formula 1. I love it too much so I won’t do that.
“Everyone always has an opinion on everything. I car♒e about the opinions of the people I care 🌼about.
“Of cour༒se my family. And a few other people from Formula 1. For example, Sebastian ꦏVettel. Those are the opinions that matter to me.”
What Ecclestone said about Vettel
He said about Aston Martin driver and four-time world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel, who will retire at the end of this sea༒son: "He has changed.
"When I first ✅met him, he was a little boy. Very shy and very 𒅌polite.
"Now he's grown into a real man who knows hꦍow to take care of himself, knows what he wants to doꦓ and who goes on and does it.
"So it's a different Sebastian.
"I don't know 🌄what made him change his direction and attitud🔴e.
"Before, he always had an opinion that he didn't mention to the people. Now he has an outlet for his opinion, so he lets people know what he thinks. He wants to help everyone an🍰d the world in any way he can.
"I just miss him as a person and as a racer."
Ja💖mes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
