David Coleman Quotes

The fast, flowing parts, the high-speed corners, that's where a Formula One car is at its best - changes of direction, pulling high g-forces left and right.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Every time I get in the car, I'm just focused on being the fastest, trying to win the race, trying to get pole.

It was when I first tried a go-kart in '96. I saw a go-kart race locally, and that got me excited about it, and I wanted to try one. When I got to try one, I just loved the speed and after that it became more about how to improve the lap time and all the details and that.

I love to drive, especially on tracks, where I go a lot faster.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

It was a pretty wild ride. The race wasn't bad, but qualifying would take your breath.

I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.

You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1.

I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive.

Life's picking up speed.

I think my strengths are definitely - I'm a really good glider. I'm one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.

If I get into a car on a circuit, I drive as fast as I can; that's it!

Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

The team has come along slow but fast.

I hold the world speed record downhill, in a Rover. I think it was 17 kilometers per hour, downhill.

I'm a sprinter man. We don't jog; we don't walk. It's full-out. It's big engines. You don't take a car that has 600 horsepower for a cross-country drive.

Sixty points is massive, especially when you are racing a Mercedes with another 70 horsepower.

You can't take your foot off the pedal; you've got to get pucks to the next level.

The guy that can be the trimmest for four laps and keep a good average speed is the guy that's going to be on the pole.

Things can move so fast that you don't have time to catch your breath or think about the next move.

The lighter the car, the faster it goes.

Generally, when I have a faster car, I just drive around the lapped cars that I'm lapping.

It's good to get a good lap and get pole.

I love pace. I love it.