Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 3)

Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.

British auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

British auto racer

When I drove for British teams… they called me the ‘Tadpole' because I was too small to be a frog.

French 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

Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

British auto racer

Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.

Italian motor racing driver & entrepreneur

I'm going to have minor brain surgery.

American auto racer

It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

(1940 – ) Italian-American auto racer

I want to be the fastest woman in the world… in a manner of speaking.

American woman drag racer

At 180 mph, when your front wheel wants to play pogo stick, you don't do nothing. You don't sneeze, you don't hiccup, you don't even breathe. All you do is point it and hang on.

American motorcycle racer

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer

Every car has a lot of speed in it. The trick is getting the speed out of it.

American auto racer

The lead is now 6.9 seconds… in fact, it’s just under 7 seconds.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Some drivers grow the fruit. Others just come in and pick it.

British auto racer

I never lost my job while I was leading a race.

American auto racer

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

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

sportswriter

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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