Quotes and One Liners

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

Nigel Mansell

British auto racer

Auto racing Money Sports

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

We worked 80 hour weeks for 30 years to keep from having to get a real job.

T.C. Lemons

American drag racing crew chief & pioneer

Wally Dallenbach's like a kite without a tail out there.

American auto racer

Auto racing Sports Wally Dallenbach

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Speed has never killed anyone – suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.

Jeremy Clarkson

English broadcaster, journalist & writer

Auto racing Sports Crashes

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

American auto racer

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

Charlie Crichton Stuart

British auto racer & executive

Auto racing Sports Alan Jones Nelson Piquet

You can't see a digital clock because there isn't one.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Auto racing Sports Explaining his success at the Indianapolis 500

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

Bill Vukovich

American auto racer

He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner.

Auto racing Sports When asked to explain his racing strategy

American auto racer

Auto racing Sports On another racer

To win in the slowest possible time.

Jack Brabham

Australian race car driver

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

American auto racer

Auto racing Insults Sports Charisma Of British auto racer Nigel Mansell

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

Jackie Stewart

Scottish auto racer

Auto racing Sports Ferraris

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

Alan Hubbard

British sportswriter

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

Stirling Moss

(1929 – ) English race car driver

Auto racing Education Learning Sports Juan Manuel Fangio

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator