Quotes and One Liners

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not; it’s motor racing.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Auto racing Misspokements Sports Fairness

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Finishing second means you are the first driver to lose.

Gilles Villeneuve

(1950 – 1982) Canadian racing driver

Auto racing Sports Competition Losing

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well.

Emerson Fittipaldi

Brazilian auto racer

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

Billy Scott

American auto racer

Auto racing Sex Sports

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

Buddy Baker

American 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

Jacques Lafitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Lafitte.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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.

Kenny Roberts

American motorcycle racer

Auto racing Sports Speed

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chainsaw.

Cale Yarborough

American auto racer

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

A.J. Foyt

American auto racer

Auto racing Autos Sports Things Speed

Grand Prix motor racing is like Punch [magazine]. It is never as good as it was.

Maxwell Boyd

auto racing writer

Auto racing Sports Grand Prix racing

Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.

Enzo Ferrari

Italian motor racing driver & entrepreneur

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Auto racing Sports When asked to explain his racing strategy

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

Peter Dunne

sportswriter

Auto racing Entertainment Sports Television

To win in the slowest possible time.

Jack Brabham

Australian race car driver

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