Quotes on Motor Racing

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

Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

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

There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.