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.
Meaning of the quote
Bernie Ecclestone, an English businessman, doesn't want people to copy the way things are done at Silverstone. He says that people want to build new race tracks around the world and ask to visit Silverstone to see how it's made, but he tells them to stay away instead. Ecclestone believes that every race track should be unique and not just copied from Silverstone.
About Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone is a former British business magnate who served as the chief executive of the Formula One Group. He was instrumental in the commercial growth of the sport, pioneering the sale of TV rights in the 1970s. Ecclestone was recently convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to a suspended prison term.
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