Coolest racing quote?

[xpensive]

Wonderful Ray, never heaed about that one!

When the FIA imposed a 60 mm grund clearance rule in 1982, why everyone had a mechanical function to lower the car when on track, the scrutineer asks Nelson; What is that lever?

"It's a hand brake"

[Ray]

That is exactly why I miss JPM so much. He was a cutup to the nTH degree. How many drivers actually make jokes these days? Vettel with 'Kate's dirty sister' is all I can think of.

[modbaraban]

That is exactly why I miss JPM so much. He was a cutup to the nTH degree. How many drivers actually make jokes these days? Vettel with 'Kate's dirty sister' is all I can think of.

I'll answer by quoting another retired F1 driver:

Yes.

[joseff]

Yes.

I miss that guy. He makes press conferences worth watching.
These days I just switch off after the race, "The team gave me a great car today, thanks to our sponsors... yadda yadda."

[xpensive]

Like I miss Gilles Villeneuve when asked aboout his hopeless, but 800 Hp, Ferrari.

"It's a shitbox"

Knowing that the old man could hear him.

[crbassassin]

"He could save a few kilos having his nose fixed"

Ron Dennis on Kubica's car being heavier than Hamilton's at the 2008 Spanish GP

:^o

[xpensive]

Good one asass, but I'm not buying.

How about Phil Hill stopping for a puke in 1964, telling the Ferrari mechanics, "I shouldn't have had that last one"?

[ESPImperium]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv73fN8eJTU[/youtube]

[xpensive]

"The 2009 championship is led by a retiree and a paracarro (Italian for milepost)"

Flavio Briatore vents his frustration over the DDD Brawns.

[flynfrog]

"They don't pay me enough to ride that thing." Kenny Roberts on the TZ750 dirt tracker.

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

[xpensive]

"Driving one of those? Naaah, don't think so"

Swedish Reine Wisell in 1976, on the prospect of returning to F1 with Williams.

[mx_tifoso]

"A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster."
- Jeremy Clarkson

[deus1066]

I quite like it when they refer to engines "lunching themselves" ... so another vote for Martin Brundle.

[RH1300S]

Another Brundle quote I like is:

'where ambition exceeds adhesion'

[Confused_Andy]

"Hug the apex like your favourite nan!" The crazy amount of times Brundle has used that this year...