Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 4)

Finishing second means you are the first driver to lose.

(1950 – 1982) Canadian racing driver

What you’ve got to remember about Michael is that under that cold professional Germanic exterior beats a heart of stone.

British auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

British auto racer

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

And Michael Schumacher just stood on his seat and pulled out something special.

British auto racer

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

You have to wonder what kind of chemical reactions were taking place inside Walker’s head when he said these things.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

Argentinian auto racer

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

American auto racer

A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

This is lap 54; after that, it’s 55, 56, 57, 58.

(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

It's hard to describe what it's like to see a stock car flying through the air knowing it's going to land on top of you.

American auto racer

At 180 mph, when your front wheel wants to play pogo stick, you don't do nothing. You don't sneeze, you don't hiccup, you don't even breathe. All you do is point it and hang on.

American motorcycle racer

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

Ernie Irvan could go bear hunting with a switch. He ain't never afraid.

American auto racer

And there’s the man in the green flag!

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer