F1 quotes

[Venom]

If you know good F1 and other racing quotes post them here.

I like the ones on F1technical homepage...

[Principessa]

Thanks

[manchild]

Murray Walker Quotes

"Unless I'm very much mistaken -- I AM very much mistaken!"

"Look up there! That's the sky!"

"Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position."

"And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car."

"This is an interesting circuit, because it has inclines. And not just up, but down as well."

"And there's the man in the green flag!"

"That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year."

"And he's lost both right front tires."

"Only a few more laps to go and then the action will begin. Unless this is the action, which it is."

"And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself."

"Mansell can see him in his earphone."

"Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does."

"Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place."

"As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth."

"Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?"

"I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be some sort of grip problem."

"I know it's an old cliche, but you can cut the atmosphere with a cricket stump."

"Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place."

"The lead is now 6.9 seconds. In fact, it's just under 7 seconds."

"Tambay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now."

"This has been a great season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been."

"And the first five places are filled by five different cars."

"As you can see, visually, with your eyes."

"And Damon Hill is following Damon Hill."

"Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher."

"Jacques Lafitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Lafitte."

"Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th."

"Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve."

"Frentzen is taking, er, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen."

"Ferrari leads, McLaren second, McLaren second, Jordan third, and Benneton fifth and sixth."

"Schumacher has made his final stop three times."

"Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn't! It's a lap record."

"And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures."

"Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him."

"And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over."

"It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way."

"Let's stop the startwatch."

"That's history. I say history because it happened in the past."

"And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race."

"I didn't see the time, largely because there wasn't one."

"Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest."

"I was there when I said it."

"Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th."

"The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander."

"Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it."

"The tires are called wets, because they're used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they're very slick."

"You might not think that's cricket, and it's not. It's motor racing."

[Tom]

Great Manchild.

Coulthard on Montoya's 'tennis' injury.

"When fat people start exercising that's what happens."

[Principessa]

That one is on the site

[Tom]

Sorry, but I thought it was worth repeating.

[Principessa]

No problem, just wanted to point that out

[Tom]

What page are the quotes on?
I've never seen any.

[Steven]

On the home page, under the forum topics.
A quote from our list is randomly displayed there every time you refresh

[Tom]

Oh sorry, I have the forum saved under favorites so I don't go through the main page.

I'll take a look.

[manchild]

...I have the forum saved under favorites so I don't go through the main page...

Me too but I have to visit main page every time I visit forum otherwise Principessa takes her whip (Tomba is a lot more tolerant)

[Spencifer_Murphy]

More Murray-isms (unless I missed them in Manchild's post):

"There's nothing wrong with the car except its on fire."

"I imagine the conditions in those cars are totally unimaginable."

"With half the race gone there is half the race still to go."

"Tambay's hopes, which were previously nil, are now absolutely zero"

"Either that car is stationary or its on the move"

"Its raining at the track is wet"

"We're now on the 73rd lap and the next will be the 74th"

(As Alain Prost enters the "Swimming Pool Complex" at Monaco)
Murray: "And there's flames coming from the back of Prost's car as he enters the swimming pool"
James Hunt: "Well that should put them out then!"

"The gap between the two cars is 0.9seconds - thats less than a second"

"He's obviously gone in for a wheel change, I say obviously because I cant see it"

"I cant imagine what sort of problem Senna has. I minagine it must be a grip problem"

(Talking about the winner of the 1954 isle of man TT race)
"Here they come - Haas First!"

"Only ten of the drivers who started this race are left. I make no apologies for their absence, I'm sorry they're not here"

"And we've had five races so far this year - Brazil, Argentina, Imola, Schumacher and Monaco"

"And this is the third placed car about to lap the second placed car!"

"And its Mansell, Mansell, Mansell, Nigel Mansell!" (Shouts Murray as he commentates on Mansell's team mate Alain Prost!!!)

"Damon Hill is coming into the pitlane, yes it's damon Hill coming into the Williams pit - no, its Schumacher."

"Ralf Schumacher has been upstaged by the teenager Jenson Button, who is 20."

"Andrea de Cesaris, the man who has won more Grand Prix than anyother driver without actually winning one" (Don't u mean COMPETED without Winning Murray???)

"And now the boot is on the other Schumacher!"

"If Mika Hakkinen's going to do well he needs to pull his great big wooley finnish socks up!"

"IF - that's F1 spelt backwards!"

"And now excuse me while I interupt myself"

and of course:

"Anything can happen in Formula One - And it usually does!"

[Ciro Pabón]

I cannot guarantee the accuracy or the truthfulness of ANY of this quotations. I wasn'n there to hear them, but I guarantee I picked all of them on the Net, I did not make them up. Sorry, Principessa, if you already have them posted somehow somewhere.

"For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver. "
-Fernando Alonso-

"So this being Michael Schumacher's 10th race in his 151st year in F1."
-Murray Walker-

"I have to buy my own vodka now."
-David Coulthard on what it is like to no longer have a Finnish teammate-

"No, no, I have Flavio on the radio, so it would not be easy."
-Fernando Alonso when asked if he ever goes "to sleep" during races-

"I still remember the Argentine twins when we used to race there. So that was a pretty happy year."
-David Coulthard when asked if this was his happiest season-

"Driving in Monte Carlo is like riding a bike in your house"
-Nelson Piquet-

"Racing drivers have balls, unfortunately, none of them are crystal"
-David Coulthard-

"It's just...you know...basically s*it happens"
-Juan Pablo Montoya-

"Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal"
-Kyle Petty-

"If I have a serious crash, I rather lose my life in it than be stuck in a wheelchair...I have such an intense life..."
-Ayrton Senna-

"Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines."
-Enzo Ferrari-

"It is head and not the foot that is instrumental in any one driver's achievement.Few consider that"
-Peter Sauber-

"If flying a jet airplane feels like angels pushing you, then driving a formula one car feels like the devil kicking your a**"
-Eddie Irvine -

"Ok, what's enough is enough"
-Andrea de Cesaris after his last race in Jerez 1994 (after 14 F1 seasons and over 200 races without a single win)-

"I am an artist. The track is my canvas, and the car is my brush."
-Graham Hill-

"Well, he borrowed Nigel Mansell's eyebrows, that's why he must be so quick"
-David Coulthard on Fernando Alonso in 2003-

"If you ever do that again, I'll drive you in a wall" (Montoya)
"Oh yeah? Then I'll drive you into tree"(Villeneuve)
"Yeah, bet you got some experience with that. You already killed someone this season" (Montoya)
(My comment: ay, caramba... )

"Watching this new [track] layout, one word keeps coming into my mind: why?"
-Martin Brundle at Magny-Cours, 2003-

"I've crashed a Formula 1 car there. I've crashed a Formula 1 car in most places, actually!"
-Martin Brundle at Magny-Cours, 2003-

"Rubens, was het een goede kwalificatie?" (Reporter talking to Rubens in Dutch: Rubens, was it a good qualifying?)
"Yeah, it was a 'goede kwalificatie', nothing wrong with it"
- Rubens Barrichello, understanding the question and answering a little bit in Dutch-

"Have you brought your dog's with you?" (Martin Brundle)
"No they are at home ****ting." (Ozzy Osbourne)

"Opinions are like asses...Everyone has one"
-David Coulthard-

"Step on it Juan, keep up sector 2" (Patrick Head on the radio)
"I can't! I have Kimi in front! F***ing idiot! This f***ing idiot doesn't let me pass! He made me lose my lap! F***ing idiot! F*** this!"
-Juan Pablo Montoya, Spa 2002-

"And Coulthard is now on the inside, AND HE'S GOING THROUGH!!!" (add appropriate excitement) (Murray Walker)
"That's a replay, Murray" (Martin Brundle)

" We've been having some handling problems, but I'm sure we can handle them"
-Jean Todt-

"And the race started , it was a poor start. But what the h*** is going on?No one is overtaking, no one! Just look at them. They are driving swerves. They are so slow! Is this some kind of a strike? This is a scandal, this is a scandal. I don't remember seeing that. (After a minute of silence)
Dear spectators I am sorry, this was just a warm-up lap!"
-Mladen Delic, the croatian Murray Walker-

"And now nothing can stop Prost from Winning the '82 Montecarlo Grand Prix, he just doesn't care about the pressure from Patrese..."
(Prost slams into the wall)
"Riccardo is now going to grab his first victory..."
(Patrese spins)
"And that's Pironi leading, driving very slow to save his engine with 1 lap to go..."
(Pironi stops and climbs out of the car)
"It's gonna be DeCesaris, Andrea Deces..."
(DeCesaris Alfa parked, with him inside, slamming his head against the steering wheel).
"I believe Derek Daly is now in the lead..."
(Daly's Williams crashes out instantly)
-Mario Poltronieri, italian commentator-

"So Mika, don't you expect another engine blown in the last lap, right?"
"No it is not in our today's plans"
-Mika Hakkinen-

"A race is never won in the first corner"
-Juan Manuel Fangio-

"One of the great things in motor racing is concentration. When I want to go faster I don't drive any faster, I just concentrate harder."
-Jim Clark-

"About as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle."
-Alan Jones, 1986, describing the Lola F1 car-

"It is the best accident I've had in Formula 1 so far."
-Jacques Villeneuve describes his spectacular shunt at Eau Rouge at Spa, 1998-

"When you have Senna,who needs telemetry?"
-Piere Ducarouge, Renault's engine responsable, 1985-

"I'm not scared of driving fast in GP circuits...But I'm scared of driving my car on public roads and be overtook by idiots who think they're Fangio"
-Juan Manuel Fangio-

"Nowadays in F1 there's way too much publicity. One can die for a cigarette brand. But sure that one dies much richer than in the old days..."
-Juan Manuel Fangio-

"Frank (Williams) will be jumping up and down at that"
-Martin Brundle-

Children: "How old are you?"
Kimi: "I'm 24"
Children: "I thought you were 18"
Kimi: "I'm pretty well conserved"

[m3_lover]

"If you ever do that again, I'll drive you in a wall" (Montoya)
"Oh yeah? Then I'll drive you into tree"(Villeneuve)
"Yeah, bet you got some experience with that. You already killed someone this season" (Montoya)
(My comment: ay, caramba... Rolling Eyes

did this quoet actually happen..because if so,WHOA that is so mean

[Tom]

"Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines."
-Enzo Ferrari-

Talk about hypocracy.