Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 2)

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

Brazilian auto racer

The new asphalt is like putting a tuxedo on a rattlesnake.

American auto racer

If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.

American auto racer

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

British auto racer

Jenson Button is in the top ten… in eleventh position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

Scottish auto racer

Grand Prix driving is like balancing an egg on a spoon while shooting the rapids.

British racing driver

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

(1940 – ) Italian-American auto racer

When I raced a car last it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now, it’s the other way round.

German auto racer

I was like a pig with a wristwatch.

American auto racer

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

auto racing writer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Mansell handles corners better than Maradona.

It’s basically the same, just darker.

stock car racer

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

To finish first, you must first finish.

American auto racer

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

American auto racer

He can’t decide whether to have his visor half open or half closed.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer

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

English broadcaster, journalist & writer