Coolest racing quote?

[munudeges]

I always had a soft spot for Raikkonen because he made some funny quotes if you hung around long enough:

What advice would you give to the rookies Nico Rosberg and Scott Speed? "I hope that they are good in giving way."

On Montoya at McLaren: "If he believes in it, he can believe. I'm not interested in what happens behind me."

Asked how prepared he was for a season: "I usually get to read from your magazines what I have done."

"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. My life would be much more easier had I been a F1 driver in the 70's with the guys. I was definitely born in the wrong era."

Asked what he thought the atmosphere was at McLaren around the time of the spygate saga: "I bet it's f****** great."

"Driving is the only thing I love about F1."

After Canada 2008: "If there's a red light when you leave the pitlane you have to stop. Then some wooden eye (Hamilton) crashes into you and breaks the car."

How does it feels to drive at 300 km/h? "It feels normal."

The helmet has a special meaning for many drivers. How important is it to you? "It protects my head."

Do you have any special rituals when the helmet is concerned like many have? "I wipe it so that I can see better."

"Others can sit in the simulators if they want. I'm here to drive."

Kimi, who was on the phone that Jean Todt gave you? "I think it was Michael, but the line was pretty bad so I couldn't hear him."

On life in Finland: "Well, in summer there's fishing and f******. And in winter... the fishing is bad."

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."

"Suddenly the steering wheel was in my hands. I tried to put it back on, but it was too late. I was just wondering where I was going to end up."

"The constructor's championship doesn't really mean anything to me."

[Richied76]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z15ZRdz6XcI

BY FAR the funnies man in the pit lane for me has been coulthard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kKh7odP ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyOBWyt3h4E

[strad]

"These men are not wild and wooly characters who
do not care if they live or die, nor are they clowns
or speed-happy maniacs.
They are men with a special skill which they have
developed over a hazardous few years. They survived
the development period and became great in their
profession.
Having survived and become champions, they lived on
an exciting plateau alone with their own kind, above
other men, envied by many who were not gifted with the
daring spirit and the ability to live life to the
fullest possessed by them."
~ Johnnie Parsons, 1970

[Pandamasque]

Somebody from Corvette Racing giving an update on the situation during yesterday's Petit Le Mans:
number 3's pretty much done. Number 4's awesome.

[red748]

Martin Brundle has quipped quite a few classics:
Three of my favourites:
(not verbatum, just from memory.........)

'The most important component in any racing car
is the nut that holds the steering wheel'.

and another.....

'He is such a bad driver, he couldn't drive sheep'.

and.....

'He's so close to Alesi he can smell
the shampoo he advertises'.

[izybluffen]

"I think Torro Rosso will want me to rag the sh*t out of it" Dan Ricciardo

"How the fu*k is Mark in front now" Seb Vettel

"It's got 4 black wheels and a steering wheel" Vettel responding to Martin Brundle's question "Tell us about the car"

"Forget everything before and after, the 1986 turbo cars were rocket ships, and to drive them, you had to be a man" Gerhard Berger

"Ayrton was always very very quick in the wet, but on this day he had a little bit of everything for him, and a little bit of everything against us, to look stupid" Alain Prost about Senna

"All he could do was wait for a special circumstance to show everyone again what he could do and that was a special circumstance and all he wanted to do he puts in his head and in the first lap he was going to come back first and make everybody look stupid, and that's exactly what he did" Gerhard Berger on Senna

"I remember the spray as he went(laughs) when everyone was cautiously going round thinking Oh I better be careful, he was just go......and he was off......gone...... he was brilliant.........but he knew he could do that" Damon Hill about Senna

"He could make a wheelbarrow quicker, he could make anything quicker" Joe Ramirez about Senna

And my favourite:
"As he came past me, not only was his car carrying so much speed, but he seemed to be braking, blipping the throttle, changing gear and throwing his car into Westfield Bend all at the same time. And at absolutely awesome speed" John Watson about Senna

[raymondu999]

Actually izy; what Seb said to Martin Brundle was; "Blue. With 4 black wheels"

[izybluffen]

Actually izy; what Seb said to Martin Brundle was; "Blue. With 4 black wheels"

Oh, my apologies. I was quoting off the top of my head on that one. Either way it was a classic response.

[red748]

Kimi talking about Finland...

'In Summer there's fishing and f++kin+'.

And in Winter?

'There's no fishing....!'.

(from memory, not verbatum).

[xpensive]

"John is not like you or me, he's a genius."

Ron Dennis on John Barnard, but that was in 1984.

[sAx]

DC "Only way that could have been scarier, is if it was said in the dark!!" Chinese GP 2011

sAx

[raymondu999]

Does this count?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUJjm0yXNc[/youtube]

What was actually said: "The rising number one of formula one, juan one wonders should juan only win one formula one one year, would juan wanted to have won that one in round one, juan"

[Sebp]

While we're at it:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uisG3Ru4T70[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1A0eXlcRn0[/youtube]

[doink]

You're not on fire Ricky Bobby!

[Joey Zyla]

"If I was Juan Montoya I would be like - "Man, what the **** are you doing?"

- David Coulthard, after being bonked by a camera