Gotta work the nut behind the wheel before you start fixing bolts on the car" Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty Peter Egan The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a large one and work down from there Its not a throttle, its a detonator Aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines Enzo Ferrari Racing is the best way to convert money into noise It is useless to put your brakes on when youre upside down Paul Newman If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow Ross Bently Cheap, fast and reliable. Pick two Racing because golf, football and baseball only require one ball Racing cost today exactly the same as it did twenty years ago it takes every penny you have It would be cheaper to spend our money on cocaine & hookers Youll know you've made it when you wear out your rear tires before your front tires I know Im the slowest part of the car B. Wright Never run out of real estate, ideas and traction at the same time Poverty is owning a racecar Here, hold on to my beer Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, and defiantly shouting Wow, what a ride Wide open until you see God, then brake Racing is the constant search for the weakest link Duane Bailey Guys, you can date whomever you want, but marry a girl that can back up a trailer Michael Martin Duct tape is The Force: it has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together The ideal racecar will expire 100 yards past the finish line You cant make a racehorse out of a pig. But, if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig Bob Akin If I had all the money I spent on cars Id spend it all on cars Scott Fisher Driver has no cash (lettered under the drivers window on a racecar)
With Senna I learned how things must be done With Mansell I learned how things mustn't be done. -Mika Hakkinen Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come in second are your wife and your dog- Damon Hill
"I tried carrying more corner speed (through turn 8 at Mosport) but I ran out of talent" My son after a $15K mistake. The only true sports today are mountain climbing, bullfighting, and autoracing....the rest are just games- Ernest Hemmingway "What a bonehead move...you dork!!!" David Hobbs during GP2 race a few years back...can't remember the driver but Maldonado would be a safe bet
Adam Carroll [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc0vMuVfXf0]David Hobbs Tells it Like it is - YouTube[/ame]
Dan Gurney, when asked why his all-conquering Toyota Eagle GTP car could barely pass a Porsche 911 on the banking at Atlanta Motor Speedway (1993): "Because they have cut our air intake down to the size of a hummingbird's sphincter!"
"Pushing is when you hit the wall with the front of your car. Loose is when you hit the wall with the back of your car." I think Junior Johnson said this...
"If it could happen to him, what chance do the rest of us have?" - Chris Amon, upon hearing of the death of Jim Clark.
1976 24 Hours of Daytona when rain swamped the infield and water contaminated the fuel supply. Reporter to Peter Gregg: "How do you know water is in the fuel?" Peter Gregg: "Because it doesn't taste like gas". BHW
Juan Manuel Fangio: "A crazy man finishes in the cemetery" Cristiano Da Matta: "When I started racing my father told me, ‘Cristiano, nobody has three balls but some people have two very good ones' "
Interviewer: The most exciting moment during the race weekend? Kimi: I think so it's the race start, always. Interviewer: The most boring? Kimi: Now.
"When you can leave black stripes from the exit of one corner until the brake point of the next, THEN you have enough horsepower" Or something to that effect, Mark Donohue Kimi Raikonnen " I was taking a ****"
I could write a book on Kimi quotes. Here are some good ones: An Italian interviewer tries to get Kimi to say something in Italian. -'' You can talk Italian if you want to.'' -- '' I read somewhere that I drive with the luck of a drunk.'' -- Opinion of Ron Dennis: -'' He’s strange now and then. He always wants to know everything. He doesn’t interest me.'' -- ''Driving is the only thing I love about f1.'' -- Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many have? -'' I wipe it so that I can see better.'' -- On living in Finland: ''Well, in summer there's fishing and ****ing. And in winter... the fishing is bad.'' And here just why he is my hero: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoLqW6Be7k]Raikkonen steps onto yacht during the Monaco Gran Prix - 2006 - YouTube[/ame] The coolest guy in motorsport.
