Martin Sorrell Quotes

For Infiniti, the global coverage that Formula One provides is second only to the Olympics.

American people are very patriotic, but there is no driver to get behind and support. I don't see why Formula One cannot be something America is a part of. I wouldn't say it's too European at all.

You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.

You tend to think that there is a big gap between F1 and everything else. F1 is where all the fantastic drivers are, so you just don't know how good you are until you get there.

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.

I'm sure everyone has a cool story behind how they got into Formula One, but, for me, Perth, you know, not only in Australia is it detached, but it's detached from the whole world.

In an F1 team at the end you have your little family and I feel that Red Bull is definitely mine and my place to be at the moment.

F1 is a very strong business and it's got enormous heritage.

Jules Bianchi was my racing godfather, and he spoke a lot to Ferrari about me.

Nobody wants to lose Ferrari. And I don't think Ferrari can afford to lose Formula One.

It's not my future, but it's NASCAR's future, to make sure that we take events to the biggest metropolitan areas of the country, regions of the country.

People enjoy watching sports at the weekend and watching motor racing and whatever sports, and Formula One is the number one global platform which is competing regularly - not like the Olympic Games or the World Cup - so the macro case was this is something that we should be part of because it's going to grow, and it does.

Marchionne has a clear vision of what F1 should represent for Ferrari, which is a purist sport that isn't a shopping channel. I would strongly encourage the sport's stakeholders not to provoke him.

I've learned what F1 is like, and it is an extremely competitive sport on and off the track.

There is always going to be competition from other countries and different venues who want to host a race, but the British GP is a must have.

In F1, we see teams spending ridiculous amounts of money. That's the sport.

F1 needs Ferrari much more than Ferrari needs F1.

I had a great opportunity to be an F1 driver but, on the other hand, I have a great opportunity to become a rally driver with a very good programme.

I'm not desperate to stay in Formula One. It needs to be sensible and it needs to be the right deal.

The people in the grandstand just want to see good driving, good overtaking. But inside the sport everything is about money and politics. It's stupid. And I'm not just talking about Formula One. It's every sport.

I was carrying Jackie Stewart's bag! Formula One was pretty much the same back then.

I cant really imagine life without Formula One.

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

My target is to win the World Drivers Championship. I want to be the best.

I used to go a lot to F1 when Real Madrid didn't play at the weekends. It was a lot of fun and I always wanted Real Madrid to play on a Saturday so I could watch F1 on Sunday!