Top 1200 Racing Driver Quotes & Sayings

I think every driver wants to make an impact in racing at any division they run on the way up.

I think if you're a race car driver you want to succeed and be the best in your realm of racing.

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'.

It is important for a racing driver, for myself and for the team, that we can say that we trust each other, and it is not lightly said.

I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen.

The racing driver needs to be fed a diet of other racing drivers.

I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.

When I turned 16, I got my driver's license like the rest of my classmates, but I also got an extra present: a two-day practice session in a Formula Ford: my first open-wheel racing car and the first step on the ladder toward becoming a professional driver.

If I really had a true racing hero, I would say it's Tony Stewart, who I've always believed to be the best race car driver ever.

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

My father was a racing driver, his name is Don Halliday. I grew up with it all around me. I have always been into fast, dangerous sports, even as a child. As soon as I got in a car I knew it was for me and that I would enjoy racing and competing. My mother was also involved in Solo One. She always said I was like my father and would want to compete one day.

I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.

Ayrton Senna was an extraordinary racing driver. His skills, craft, subtlety and courage were of such magnitude that he dwarfed his generation of drivers.

From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.

I always wanted to be a racing driver. Even if it was not F1, it would be something else.

In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle.

We've always said that it doesn't say 'Daniel Ricciardo Racing' or 'Max Verstappen Racing' - it says Red Bull Racing.

NASCAR racing is the highest form of American auto racing, and I've always wanted to be racing in the highest form. I want to accomplish good things in everything I get in every night, but NASCAR is the biggest, most-watched thing in American racing.

When you are a kid racing karts, you want to be an F1 driver.

The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes.

As soon as I got my driver's license, I went crazy, and I got the Ford Cosworth, which was this limited edition street racing turbo. It was like this 200-miles-an-hour monster.

I'm a racing driver and I need to race, that's what I do.

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.

I feel comfortable around every driver out there and each driver is in charge of their own car, but you feel very secure racing the competition out there.

By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

As a racing driver, everything you do is to get to Formula 1 and one day it stops.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.

My progression into F1 came to represent so much more than a racing driver simply trying to reach the pinnacle of the sport. It was also the hope that finally there may again be a female on the starting grid.

Because it was my decision to stop racing, I feel fine not being a driver anymore.

Racing has reached the point where it is pricing the young driver, no matter his talent, out of the game.

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.

Every racing driver in the world dreams of making it to F1, there's only 22 spots on the grid.

When I decided to stop as a racing driver in 2015, I knew I wanted to continue with the challenge of competitive motorsport.

I probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.

I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.

I remember all the entertainment shows showing pictures of Nicole Scherzinger annnnd that racing driver she was hanging around with.

The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.

If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit.

If I want to do well in racing I need to be more focused so I stopped going to school. If I wasn't a very good driver it would not be a wise decision, but it gives me an advantage over my competitors.

As a racing driver, you're representing a brand and your appearance is part of your job. But there's a fine line between being feminine and creating attention on yourself because of what you're wearing.

I would rather have racing without computers. The human side is forgotten, and instead of talking over what's happening and just trusting the feel of the driver, the data becomes almost more important.

Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.

Pressure is always a part of a racing driver's life, but my father helped me a lot on my way to becoming a F1 driver.

A racing driver has to be a good driver.

I like being feminine, it's my way of not conforming to the stereotype that if you're a racing driver you don't care how you look.

People have different ideas on how to increase female racing driver participation. My belief is that men and women should compete together.

I realised at 13 or 14 when I said, OK, I wanted to be professional racing driver, there wasn't anyone to look up to that I could aspire to or get inspiration from. But that didn't stop me.

My No. 1 goal in racing was never to be the most popular driver.

I believe there is room in the market for a daily driver that embodies all the attributes of the best track racing car and the comfort of a luxurious sports car.

I think I was always realistic - well, not the Percy thing, that was ridiculous - but I never dreamed of being a racing car driver or anything.

Gone are the days when you could lie on a beach between races and still be in good enough shape to compete. Gone are the days when simply wearing a brand on your firesuit was enough to justify the marketing expense of an Indy Car. Racing an Indy Car is only about a quarter of my life as a racing driver.

Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best Formula One driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced

I think I've benefitted a lot of times from having my dad as a racing driver and I don't think I would be here if it wasn't for him because McLaren probably wouldn't have looked at me.

By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win.

Gilles was the fastest driver in the history of motor racing

I started racing go karts when I was six. I just loved everything about racing. I was raised in a racing family. And I always wanted to race for a living at the highest level I could.

I think Stirling Moss represents everything that a racing driver should be and first of all, it's passion.

If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.