Records are made to be broken and Bernie knows this, but earlier in Lewis's career Lewis and Bernie seemed quite 'paly' with Lewis taking Bernie round the track for a 'on-film' track drive, they seemed to get on back then, but something might have happened, or been said, and perhaps Bernie's reason/excuse for not wanting to see the 7 time WDC win another might just be the best he could come up with at the time... maybe he even convinced himself it's true... Who knows, old folks sometimes do or say the strangest things, I know, cos I'm getting there!https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/bernie-ecclestone-lewis-hamilton-michael-schumacher-b1969183.html
Bernie has serious contempt for Lewis and his achievements in F1....has for a very long time.
Lewis dared to come into F1 and win seven WDC. Bernie did not like that.
Go seek out and watch the Bernie interview surrounding the controversial Abu Dhabi finish.
He essentially admitted he was glad to see Michael's win tally preserved.
His basis....he did not want it overtaken "in case we lose him (Michael) one day"
The guy is a piece of work.