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    Martin Sorrell

    And there are some - Bernie [Ecclestone] and others - who are embracing new technologies. When Sky UK started to broadcast there was an argument that audience would come down because it is pay TV. But the actual quality of the production and the use of technology and the engagement of the viewer is much better than it ever was. The product is simply better.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Bernie [Ecclestone] has not been shy to say one or two controversial things. The last person in the UK who described his product as being crap in public was one Gerald Ratner - and he was gone immediately. But not Bernie! What it tells you is that the demand for live sporting rights, the demand for global or regional events, is so powerful that you brush aside some things because there aren't so many of these events.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Despite streaming, despite the rise of tablets and smartphones - all the implications which in theory would make linear TV less important - live sporting events are extremely powerful. But it's not the event alone - it's also what's surrounding it.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Donald Trumps' senior advisor said on CNN that the US Presidential election was the ultimate reality TV show! Appeal to those you want to reach!

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    Martin Sorrell

    F1 is exciting, its values are attractive and it could be an even better family sport.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Formula One does very well. It is a very interesting asset. Could it be run in a different way? Sure it could be. Could it be improved? I'm sure it could. But all I can say is, it seems to do pretty well.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Formula One gives a platform to companies like Rolex - and that's just in media space, watching television or reading newspapers, digital or physical. You see the brand in the context of the competition and bring it to the attention of everybody on a regular basis.

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    Martin Sorrell

    [Formula One] is entertainment and it competes with other entertainments - and not with other racing formats. It competes with people's time on a weekend. So you have to deliver.

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    Formula One is not just multinationals. It's also about national players wanting to get global coverage.

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    [Formula One racing looking after Jackie Stewart in 1968] was not so intense and, yes, it was much more dangerous - what was definitely different back then was the level of safety.

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    Martin Sorrell

    [Formula One racing] will be very different - as the technology will be very different and that will make fans consume it in a completely different way. I said before that I believe that Virtual Reality will hit it big time.

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    Martin Sorrell

    I believe that Virtual Reality will hit it big time. I know that some of my colleagues disagree, but I believe in it.

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    Martin Sorrell

    If I were to be super critical, I would say Formula One is too tactical and not strategic enough. And that brings us back to the digital issue: you may have to invest in order to gain - sacrifice some short-term effects in order to make high returns in the future.

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    Martin Sorrell

    If you are a driver of a team and have a certain set of sponsors, who is the target market for those sponsors? But, of course, it is also a question of nationality.

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    Martin Sorrell

    If you ask what keeps me up at night, it's the pressure in the system forcing us to do all sorts of things. Content, data and technology are forcing us to think about business in a very different way.

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    Martin Sorrell

    If you look at the rights situation - what media companies pay - then you see that the rights prices continue to rise for powerful sports. Now what does that tell you? It tells you that the demand amongst global and local sponsors for these kinds of sports is immense, even if there is controversy attached to them like FIFA - who would definitely be number one on that list, though F1 has also been somewhat controversial.

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    Martin Sorrell

    If you look at the sponsorship yields, Formula One - because it happens every year - generates more sponsorship money for a four-year cycle than anybody else. So it is very powerful.

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    Martin Sorrell

    If you run a country and want to put it on the global map you don't have so many choices. You can get the Olympics, the World Cup or a Formula One race. And the first two are only every four years - and you have them only once.

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    Martin Sorrell

    I interviewed Kim Kardashian recently and had a conversation with her mother. A lot of people have various thoughts about Kim Kardashian, her mother and her sisters, but it is an incredibly well thought through concept and branding. Each of the daughters appeals to a different segment of the market.

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    Martin Sorrell

    I'm in a business where there's complete anarchy. You can't control it - you can only react to it. The control that people traditionally had over their message is gone. Look at Wikileaks: you have to approach everything you write on the basis it's going to be on the front page of the newspaper.

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    Martin Sorrell

    In an era of transparency, you can have innovation without branding, but you cannot have branding without innovation.

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    Martin Sorrell

    In fact, if you were interested in a global platform there are only three sporting events: probably the most powerful - or equally powerful [to F1] - are the World Cup and the Olympics, and then Formula One. And there it gets interesting.

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    Martin Sorrell

    In our business, except in media buying, there are few economies of scale. Client perception of creative agencies is that the bigger they are, the worse they are.

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    Martin Sorrell

    In that - and that is my personal view - Singapore delivers the most value, as they think about Formula One as a complete entertainment event, on and off track.

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    Martin Sorrell

    In the 19th century China dominated the manufacture of porcelain. Then European factories discovered a cheaper method of making pottery of equal quality, demolishing the Chinese industry the exact reverse of what is happening now. World economics have turned full circle.

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    Martin Sorrell

    In the old days, you could segment happily. You could put out one message to one segment of the audience, and one to another. That has now gone. You say something to one community and instantly, literally at a click, it's available to everybody. What it means is that if you're trying to craft a message, it's very difficult.

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    Martin Sorrell

    In the Ridley Scott film 'The Martian' you can do that [virtually driving car]. I have lifted off in the space craft from the surface of Mars, walked in space and looked down into deep space and got terrified, with the headphones and the goggles.

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    Martin Sorrell

    I recently interviewed Bernie Ecclestone in London. He had a go at women, said [Vladimir] Putin should be running Europe and so on. He enjoys it - he's been doing it for such a long time. He has an entrenched position. The truth be known, he is unique, right?

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    Martin Sorrell

    I remember that Jackie [Stewart] was the first driver wearing flameproof underwear! What it definitely was: it was much more flamboyant. But that doesn't really make it better in my point of view.

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    Martin Sorrell

    It doesn't make much sense and it's nil premium. They're going to have co-CEOs...which is a very uncomfortable structure.

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    Martin Sorrell

    It is always easy to criticize, as Bernie Ecclestone is somebody with extreme opinions.

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    I was carrying Jackie Stewart's bag! Formula One was pretty much the same back then.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Just take the lack of presence of F1 in the United States. In theory - and logically - you would have an East Coast Grand Prix, a West Coast Grand Prix, and I think you should have a street race in Detroit - it is still the motor capital of the US. You stay in the US for four weeks and could have two to three races, certainly two.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Marketing is an investment, not a cost.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Monaco was my first race of the season and I spoke with a number of people and all seemed to be very optimistic.

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    Martin Sorrell

    One of the reasons why they are optimistic is that there is more competition. Red Bull has become more competitive, the races have become more attractive - and that is what fans want!

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    Martin Sorrell

    Somebody who is unique - and this will get me into trouble - by definition cannot be replaced.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Technology will have moved on to an unimaginable level in ten years.

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    Martin Sorrell

    That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you have the ability for many people to become heroes.

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    Martin Sorrell

    That might be the old model: to get a fixed fee. You have to start to think about other models and how they can generate interest - what it can do for a brand in the future - and about the fact that revenue can also be generated in many other ways... Just look at the one and a half million people at the free Rolling Stones concert in Cuba. And Cuba is not Central Park! So just use your imagination as to what kind of revenue can be made.

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    Martin Sorrell

    The fast growing markets - the BRICS and Next Eleven - are the key. The next billion consumers are not going to come from the US or Western Europe - they are coming from Asia, Latin America and Africa. Formula One follows our strategy: fast growing markets, data, and digital. All those three things Formula One has. And it involves a stunning array of companies. Now that doesn't mean there can't be more.

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    Martin Sorrell

    The last person in the UK who described his product as being crap in public was one Gerald Ratner - and he was gone immediately.

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    Martin Sorrell

    There is much romanticism about Formula One of the past. Today it has to be more of a family sport, not less. It is a fixture in the Sunday afternoon TV programmes, and probably flamboyance - those white silk suits and devil-may-care attitudes - would be outworn attributes today.

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    Martin Sorrell

    The technology is already incredible and will improve massively in the next few years. Think about what you could do.

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    Martin Sorrell

    The web attacks traditional ways of doing things and elites, and this is very uncomfortable for traditional businesses to deal with.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Think through whom you are trying to reach. Tailor what you do and how you do it to appeal to those communities.

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    Martin Sorrell

    Vodafone is building a digital stadium in Istanbul. It is really worth going to see that. The whole experience will change with the possibilities viewers will have.

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    Martin Sorrell

    We do things much the same way as we did 50, 60 or even 70 years ago. The answers may not be wrong, but we haven't experimented to see whether they are or not.

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    Martin Sorrell

    What still amuses me a bit is that in F1 people see the race basically on TV screens. But I am sure new tracks will be built.

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    Martin Sorrell

    What you want to see [in Formula One] is a highly competitive sport - and the more equal it is the more exciting it is... the more volatile in the sense of results. If you have just one winner continuously it dulls the enthusiasm.