Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 5)

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

Scottish auto racer

Auto racing began five minutes after the second car was built.

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist

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

auto racing writer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

My first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground.

American auto racer

Finishing second means you are the first driver to lose.

(1950 – 1982) Canadian racing driver

Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna’s Lotus sounding rough?

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

To finish first, you must first finish.

American auto racer

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

You can tell that you’re in trouble when you feel the air on the back of your neck instead of in your face.

American auto racer

Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.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

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Nelson Piquet looks like a jockey being strapped into his car. Alan Jones looks like a commando on his way to Vietnam.

British auto racer & executive

My dad once said that you meet a much nicer class of person there, but I'm not sure.

British auto racer

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

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

Mansell handles corners better than Maradona.

The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

French auto racer