Motor racing Quotes

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

— Murray Walker

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

— Peter Dunne

It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

— Mario Andretti

Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really what it feels like.

— Mario Andretti

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

— Murray Walker

As you can see, visually, with your eyes.

— Murray Walker

When I was in motor racing, I had taken the decision to risk my life. But when you run an airline, and…

— Niki Lauda

I respect all of the teams, its a huge commitment to put an F1 car on the track and I'd like it…

— David Coulthard

Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place.

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master…

— Juan Manuel Fangio

We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the…

— Jackie Stewart

And Damon Hill is following Damon Hill.

— Murray Walker

And he's lost both right front tires.

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going…

— Alain Prost

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

— Murray Walker

Look up there! That's the sky!

— Murray Walker

Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.

— Enzo Ferrari

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

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

At the start of each year I sit down and look at both calendars and plan it that way. Obviously sometimes there…

— Liz Halliday

I will do something, time to time, with motor racing. But I'll never go back, I think, to drive full-time because I've…

— Alex Zanardi

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

— Murray Walker