Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 2)

It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can; relaxing your brain is fatal.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

With ten [laps]to go, I didn't have a code of ethics.

American auto racer

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I was like a pig with a wristwatch.

American auto racer

I imagine the conditions in those cars today are totally unimaginable.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

And Michael Schumacher just stood on his seat and pulled out something special.

British auto racer

We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The faster he goes, the quicker he’ll get to the pits; the slower he goes, the longer it will take.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Keke Rosberg is as calculating as a slot machine.

British racing executive, writer & photographer

I had to go off the circuit twice to avoid him. I don't know what Rene Arnoux is doing in Formula One racing. He should be on the beach.

Belgian auto racer

And as Mansell comes into the pits, he’s quite literally sweating his eyeballs out.

Frentzen is taking… er… reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

It will be like lying in a bath with your feet on the taps, but not as comfortable.

Scottish auto racer

Louise Goodman to British racing driver Johnny Herbert: Johnny, it's started to rain, how will that affect the track?

Herbert’s reply: Well, it makes it wet usually.

British racing driver

You have to treat death like any other part of life.

American auto racer

And the first five places are filled by five different cars.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator