Subject: Sports » Auto racing

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Nelson Piquet looks like a jockey being strapped into his car. Alan Jones looks like a commando on his way to Vietnam.

British auto racer & executive

When I raced a car last it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now, it’s the other way round.

German auto racer

Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Racing is 99 per cent boredom and one per cent terror.

Australian auto racer

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The new asphalt is like putting a tuxedo on a rattlesnake.

American auto racer

You have to wonder what kind of chemical reactions were taking place inside Walker’s head when he said these things.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Cale Yarborough would have to call a service station to get a tire changed, but he's as good as anyone who ever drove a race car.

American auto racer

My purpose in life was to run 100%. Maybe it cost me some races, but nobody ever hired me to ride.

American auto racer

What you’ve got to remember about Michael is that under that cold professional Germanic exterior beats a heart of stone.

British auto racer

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

It's hard to describe what it's like to see a stock car flying through the air knowing it's going to land on top of you.

American auto racer

My dad once said that you meet a much nicer class of person there, but I'm not sure.

British auto racer

Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

American auto racer

The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

My first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground.

American auto racer

If a man can f**k and drive race cars… man… I mean, what else-is there?

American auto racer

After the third flip, I lost control…

American auto racer

It’s like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium.

American auto racer

I could stand up in the seat and not hit my head.

American auto racer