Top 20 Quotes & Sayings by Billy Monger

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British driver Billy Monger.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Billy Monger is a British racing driver who raced in British F4 in 2016 and 2017. He is now also a commentator/pundit and TV personality. He is also referred to by the nickname "Billy Whizz". In April 2017, he was critically injured after being involved in a collision at Donington Park that caused both of his legs to be amputated, one below the knee and the other above the knee. Until that, he had been heavily involved in kart racing all over the UK and the Channel Islands and then a successful Ginetta Junior racer.

British - Driver | Born: May 5, 1999

Source: Wikipedia

I said it was my dream to drive in F1.

Billy Monger

There are more challenges as an amputee than I had when I was racing with both my legs beforehand but it's something I enjoy doing and something that is part of me.

Billy Monger

I just see myself as a driver. The disability plays a part but I don't see myself as disabled.

Billy Monger

But braking is so difficult, especially in single-seaters. You're millimetres from locking up in the braking zones. Having to feel that through the hands? You don't get anything like the same feedback when you hit a pedal and feel it push back against you.

Billy Monger

If I'm winning races, it means I'm doing a good job. I've put down a marker now, against drivers with a lot more experience of the car than me. This is not going to be a one-off.

Billy Monger

I don't like to use 'I can't'. I don't look at my disability as a negative thing.

Billy Monger

Motorsport is all about gaining as much of an advantage as you can and the FIA are there to make sure I don't gain an advantage over my competitors.

Billy Monger

Before my accident I had to fund my racing through finding sponsors myself so I am use to it. Obviously at that point I was 15 or 16, knocking on business's doors going 'I am a racing driver, a British champion and I want to be in Formula 1, will you give me an amount so I represent your brand'.

Billy Monger

They saved my life but the accident was unavoidable so there was no point feeling sorry for myself. I just wanted to race again.

Billy Monger

When I'm in the car, if you didn't know my story and just saw me driving, you wouldn't know the difference between me and any of the other drivers. I'm just out there competing.

Billy Monger

I'm happiest when I'm in the car. I don't have to worry about my A-Levels or my prosthetics or anything. I can just go out there and be me, doing what I've always wanted to do.

Billy Monger

I am a racing driver and I am not just some guy who has had an accident and gone back to racing because that is what he enjoys.

Billy Monger

I don't feel like my career path has changed.

Billy Monger

When I said I wanted to get back racing my dream was to be an F1 driver. I didn't know how realistic that was going to be until I'd driven again.

Billy Monger

I don't have time for self-pity. I don't see the point in dwelling on the past.

Billy Monger

Dad bought me a go-kart when I was two, and I couldn't even drive it until I was six.

Billy Monger

It's been my dream to race in F1 since I was eight. I don't see why that should change just because I've changed. It's a big challenge but I like to push myself. The accident has toughened me up and made me realise what's important. It's spurred me on to get to F1.

Billy Monger

It is weird because a lot of people don't realise, I would struggle for budget. There are moments with the people I work with sit there and think what have we got to do to make people realise that if Billy doesn't get sponsorship he won't be racing.

Billy Monger