Michael Waltrip Quotes

I've never seen a NASCAR race; I've seen an Indianapolis 500 race.

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

When I showed up to drive for Dale in '01 it was a brand new team.

I have a lot of great racing memories growing up in Europe as a young boy - playing with car parts on my dad's desk, watching the races on Sunday afternoons to try and spot him on TV, even having the chance to go to Formula 1 races where he was working.

Williams is one of the big names in F1 with a really strong pedigree, so it is an honour to be driving for them.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.

It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty.

I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.

I spent my whole childhood watching open-wheel racing. I spent years going to England and racing open wheel, coming back and racing open wheel. It's been my world for 20 years and beyond that. For almost my whole life, I've been watching it. I watch it and I think I know how to do it.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

Speed I like. I do love driving and I've had a couple of those experiences where you go to a track and can test cars around the track.

My big ambition was to be Richard Petty.

I'm patron of Children's Hospice South West - I would love to go and play 'Deal' at the children's hospice.

Jeff Gordon came from sprint cars and obviously he knows how to win championships.

Anyone who has the chance to drive for Ferrari will drive for Ferrari.

It's an honor to be driving the 43.

I wish Michael Schumacher would come try NASCAR. That'd be cool.

Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.

Growing up, I was always a big fan of Jeff Gordon.

What many people don't realise is the first F1 test I was offered by Frank Williams and the team was a one-off. It was never planned that I would become part of the team or it would lead to more.

I grew up wearing free racing T-shirts.

I was driving in Formula Renault 2.0... with Daniel Ricciardo.

For sure working with Ferrari is a great pleasure. It's a great team, it's a great experience and it's a great dream as well to be there.

As has been the case with Sebastian Vettel, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, we're always going to draw upon the talent pool we have.