Occupation: Formula One Driver Birth: June 11, 1939
The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous….
There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti..
Nobody's perfect, but all of us can be better than we are..
Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that..
When I was racing, we were more used to seeing some horrific accidents. For example, Michael Schumacher is a great world champion, but I haven't seen….
Cornering perfectly is like bringing a woman to climax..
For a quick lap at the Nrburgring, you've probably experienced more in seven minutes...than most people have experienced in all their life in the way….
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and w….
I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more pop….
There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and i….
From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy..
When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver f….
Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver..
There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world..
From the five years, 1968-73, if you were an F1 driver at that time, there was a very likely chance that you would have died..
In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air..
Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others..
Sometimes you need to ease off in order to go faster.
It takes leadership to improve safety..
Cornering is like bringing a woman to a climax. Both you and the car must work together. You start to enter the area of excitement at the corner, you….
In my sport, the quick are too often listed among the dead.