Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 5)

If I was earning £1 a race, I'd still be a racing driver – just a poor one.

British auto racer

And he’s done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.

(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

There’s no secret. You just press the accelerator to the floor and steer left.

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

It’s lap 26 of 58, which unless I’m very much mistaken is half way.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1929 – ) English race car driver

And Michael Schumacher is actually in a very good position… he’s in last place.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I was like a pig with a wristwatch.

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

You get more than one of them things and you call them Loti.

American auto racer

After the third flip, I lost control…

American auto racer

Ferrari leads, McLaren second, McLaren second, Jordan third, and Benneton fifth and sixth.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.

American auto racer

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chainsaw.

American auto racer

Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

Australian auto racer