Coolest racing quote?

[mx_tifoso]

Ok thanks, it's just that you left me wondering about those seemingly random posts.

Now I appreciate it, gracias.

Although I have yet to see "Talladega Nights". Many people have talked about it so it's now on my list of movies to watch.

[Giblet]

It's completely worth watching if you find Will Ferrel funny. If not, don't bother

[mx_tifoso]

I actually find his work very funny, I especially like his normal and guest appearances on SNL the most.

Sorry if I sounded rude with my original question, I really have to work on that.

[jon-mullen]

Brundle narrating the 2005 pole lap at Monza: "The Curva Grande - now, absolutely nothing to do for the drivers, this used to be terrifying a few years ago with turbocharged Formula One cars."

We know, Martin, everyone had bigger balls in the turbo era...

[xpensive]

Brundle never had the opportunity to try a no-limit turbo at Monza anyway, in 86 he had a Tyrrell with customer Renaults and in 87 a Zakspeed, both on boost-limit.

Nelson Piquet or Ayrton Senna, the former with unrestricted Honda-power in 86 Monza qualifing, was a different story, but none of them were the easily scared kind.

As Nigel Roebuck wrote, "Watching Nelson was like an F1 car gone mad."

[Scotracer]

I'd love to speak to Berger about his Benetton B186 which reportedly hit 5.5bar boost at the end of the main straight at Monza in '86. Considering that wasn't the best handling car of its day, that must have been absolutely terrifying.

Edit: I've found a quote from him about the car:

"Rory worked with the front wing endplates so we had a kind of ground effect at some tracks. The car was like a bomb at circuits like Spa, Austria and Monza. And the power was unbelievable - even if the turbo delay was terrible. You'd open the throttle at the entry to the corner only to get the power at the exit. And if you missed it by five or 10 metres, there was nothing you could do - you just spun it. The lag was about one or two seconds.
At Zeltweg, down the long straight to the Bosch Kurve, the car was throwing out 1400 bhp and just kept on pushing - you felt like you were sitting on a rocket."

[xpensive]

"Those who say that the Nordschleife is not dangerous, they are simply not driving fast enough"
Jackie Stewart on the old Nurburgring

[xpensive]

Gotta keep this pet-thread of mine on the board somehow.

"Um...er...not sure really"

Ronnie Peterson when asked by Colin Chapman and Peter Warr if the Lotus 72 was under- or oversteering.

[piast9]

The press conference and Damon Hill's reply to the question about drivers fighting in heavy traffic at the end of qualifying instead of going off earlier:

"Racing drivers are a bit like journalists, they all stick together in case they miss something."

[speedsense]

Jody Scheckter being interviewed by a journalist in the '70's

Journalist:"Jody, you've had so many accidents, what do you do during an accident?"

Jody: "Well, you get your feet away from the pedals, get your arms down and get your head down inside the cockpit as far as possible. When all the crashing and banging stops, you count to ten.."

Journalist: "Why do you count to ten?"

Jody: "Oh yeah, that's in case your flying through the air......"
__________
Jody saying to himself before he climbed in to drive the 917-30 Porsche for the first
time "Jody, the way you drive, you shouldn't be getting in this car."

In his first race in it, he took out five cars in a crash....

[xpensive]

"Lauda is very intelligent"

Mario Andretti when being told by a journo about Niki Lauda's excuse that he couldn't catch Mario because he was afraid of overrevving his Alfa 12 on the straight due to the strong tailwind.

[ringo]

Jody Scheckter being interviewed by a journalist in the '70's

Journalist:"Jody, you've had so many accidents, what do you do during an accident?"

Jody: "Well, you get your feet away from the pedals, get your arms down and get your head down inside the cockpit as far as possible. When all the crashing and banging stops, you count to ten.."

Journalist: "Why do you count to ten?"

Jody: "Oh yeah, that's in case your flying through the air......"
__________
Jody saying to himself before he climbed in to drive the 917-30 Porsche for the first
time "Jody, the way you drive, you shouldn't be getting in this car."

In his first race in it, he took out five cars in a crash....

[flynfrog]

Rossi after writing off a rally car.

"I had a bit of a problem with a tree."

jorno: "do you think they will ask you back next year?

"absolutely not"

[xpensive]

"Bullshit"

James Hunt to Murray Walker on numerous occations.

[zmiles2]

"Who's call was it to bring me in?....Frickin' terrible idea" - Lewis Hamilton, never a dull moment!