Racing Driver Quotes

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

Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.

Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.

If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.

Normally, racing drivers come from a long line of previous successful sports people.

I remember all the entertainment shows showing pictures of Nicole Scherzinger annnnd that racing driver she was hanging around with.

I'm sure that all the drivers and motorcycle police had once been racing drivers and were eager to get back to that profession.

From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

A racing driver has to be a good driver.

The racing driver needs to be fed a diet of other racing drivers.

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.

I never had any financial support or sponsors, and so I always had to, at every level, prove myself the hard way. I was five years in Japan before I got my debut at Le Mans. And I think this is a humble way to get through as a racing driver.

I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen.

Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew.

Ayrton Senna was an extraordinary racing driver. His skills, craft, subtlety and courage were of such magnitude that he dwarfed his generation of drivers.

By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win.

My father was a racing driver, his name is Don Halliday. I grew up with it all around me. I have always been into fast, dangerous sports, even as a child. As soon as I got in a car I knew it was for me and that I would enjoy racing and competing. My mother was also involved in Solo One. She always said I was like my father and would want to compete one day.

By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

To be a racing driver it's essential you have very good eyesight, and that's especially relevant at night. Your senses are heightened, you're travelling over 200mph, you need to focus on that 110-metre braking point and you have to have absolute faith and commitment in your driving.

You either commit yourself as a professional racing driver that's designed to win races or you come second or you come third or fifth and am not design to come third, fourth or fifth, I race to win.

It's very, very special for me. This is where I've grown up, it's my home, and winning the Monaco Grand Prix is the highlight of any racing driver's career and for me a childhood dream. It being my home makes it all the more special, unbelievable.

If you don't cheat, you look like an idiot; if you cheat and don't get caught, you look like a hero; if you cheat and get caught, you look like a dope. Put me where I belong.

Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

Keke Rosberg is as calculating as a slot machine.

If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit.

Pressure is always a part of a racing driver's life, but my father helped me a lot on my way to becoming a F1 driver.

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.

Racing drivers have balls, unfortunantly, none of them are crystal

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.

As far as cheating goes, they'll never stop it. The only way it can be done successfully, only one person can know about it.

The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.

As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.

It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others.

Once you've raced, you never forget it...and you never get over it.

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.

I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.

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

Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something is, the greater the attraction that comes from it.

I have to accept risk as a racing driver.