Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 5)

Put an ordinary driver in an Indy-type race car and he'd probably crash before he got out of the pit area.

American auto racer

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Tambay’s hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.

Scottish auto racer

Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.

American auto racer

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

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

To finish first, you must first finish.

American auto racer

Nigel Mansell is someone with about as much charisma as a damp spark-plug.

British sportswriter

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

(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

I'd rather have an accident than fall in love – that's how much I love motor racing.

Italian woman auto racer

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

sportswriter

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I got hit in the head pretty hard. My clock ran backwards for two years.

American auto racer

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer

I'm going to have minor brain surgery.

American auto racer

Senna’s car is absolutely unique, apart from the one following, which is identical.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I've never seen driving as a sexual thing – I just could never consider it in that light. I think women are interested in the drivers because of the dangers, but some of us are as dull as Old Nick.

Scottish auto racer