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[garagetinkerer]

"The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself."

How Germanic, one can say, and no prizes for guessing who this is from. Another one:

"Once something is a passion, the motivation is there."

 

From the guy who did most charitable work, out of his own hard earned monies (may not be cool enough for some):

"If you're lucky enough to be famous, then it's great if you can use your fame and the power your fame gives you to draw attention to things that really matter."

[garagetinkerer]

"With Senna, i learned how things should be done. With Mansell, i learned how things mustn't be done."

Mika Hakkinen... had to quote him

edit: just had to mention, that he's quite popular in India. More than a lot of current drivers.

 

Here's another quote from Hakkinen:

"No."

 

One more:

"Yes"

 

Those press conferences were a lot of fun... these days, all that political correctness is being a killjoy.

 

Good ol' Eddie...

Irvine: "Come, have a drink with us"

Schumacher: "No thanks, i can't drink alcohol." (ok, so at this time, some of us are drifting back to Ferrari parties at Suzuka, nevermind)

Irvine: "Why? Are you pregnant?"

Edited by garagetinkerer, 17 May 2015 - 04:02.

[garagetinkerer]

I was just looking for something from Le Professeur:

 

"Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!"

 

"Not so very long ago, I was skiing in Meribel. I had found a huge balaclava helmet and I was wearing outsize ski goggles. Just as I was about to launch myself downhill, a perfect stranger standing next to me tapped me on the shoulder. 'Ça va, Alain?'"

 

Found them here (amongst others)...

http://www.prostfan.com/funny.htm

[rjtart]

"It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One level, think that the brakes are for slowing the card down." - Mario Andretti

"He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner." – Buddy Baker
"You can’t fix stupid." - Larry Morgan, NHRA Pro Stock driver
"If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough." – Parnelli Jones
"The winner ain’t the one with the fastest car, it’s the one who refuses to lose." – Dale Earnhardt

[chr1s]

Here's a few off the top of my head, 

 

Colin Chapman-   "If your not winning your not tying hard enough"

 

 

 Jochen Rindt-

 

  "No problem, so long as you remember to turn left every 15 seconds"  his reply when asked about  the Indy 500.

 

"The cars so good even a monkey could win in it"  talking about the Lotus 72.

  

"if you go to the Gates often enough, they will eventually open... "    his reason for declining an invitation to race in the Osterreichring 1000km 

 

 

 Mario Andretti-

 

 "That car was so slow down the straight it couldn't get out of it's own way"  The Lotus 78

 

"Watson came past me like he wasn't going to stop until he got to San Diego"   John Watsons' over ambitious late braking on the first lap of the 1978 Long beach Grand Prix.

 

 

Nelson Piquet-

 

"Racing at Monaco is like trying to ride a bike round your bedroom"

 

"I almost came!"  His reaction to seeing Mansells leading williams cut out just before the finish line in Canada 91'

 

 

Alan Jones-

 

"Andretti put it on pole and has never had to pay a bill in an Italian restaurant since"  On passing up the opportunity of a one off appearance for Ferrari in the 1982 Italian Grand Prix.

[sjakie]

Frank Gartner: "I never wanted to become the fastest driver, I wanted to become the oldest"

 

Mario Andretti: "Money talks and bullshit walks"

 

Alan Jones: "You want to do an interview? OK, see you in half an hour" (15 minutes before the start of the Italian GP of 1985)

[silver]

Reporter:"Mika, you were looking good in the free practise."

Hakkinen:"Yes, but only because I was wearing a helmet."

 

 

Jean Alesi to reporter:"Going through Eau Rouge is like having an orgasm..."

Reporter to Hakkinen:"Mika, Jean told that going through Eau Rouge is like having an orgasm."

Hakkinen:"Naah...Jean is just ******* his pants and he is mixing up the feelings."

[garagetinkerer]

Reporter:"Mika, you were looking good in the free practise."

Hakkinen:"Yes, but only because I was wearing a helmet."

 

 

Jean Alesi to reporter:"Going through Eau Rouge is like having an orgasm..."

Reporter to Hakkinen:"Mika, Jean told that going through Eau Rouge is like having an orgasm."

Hakkinen:"Naah...Jean is just ******* his pants and he is mixing up the feelings."

   

 

I'm genuinely sorry that i have run out of my quota of likes for the day. I was busy with the powerful images thread. Even a couple of decades ago, they had good banter there, now though... it makes me so glad that we have Raikkonen and Vettel upsetting the pc applecart every now and then.

Edited by garagetinkerer, 19 May 2015 - 15:41.

[Tarvoke]

"When I sit behind the wheel and see how my own wheels overtake me, it means that I drive a Lotus" - Graham Hill

[DESCHAIN]

Ricciardo managed to missquote Piquet, from Twitter.

 

[Rasputin]

"The teams think they got me by the balls, but their hands are not big enough."

 

Bernie Ecclestone

[swintex]

"When I sit behind the wheel and see how my own wheels overtake me, it means that I drive a Lotus" - Graham Hill

 

[as65p]

 

 

 

That's a hilarious pic even without the quote, especially cause Hill watches the wheel pull a gap on him.

[chr1s]

"That knocks the wind out of you down to the last fart!"  

 

Hans Stuck, talking about the jump at the Pflanzgarten section of the Ring.