Romain Grosjean Quotes

Poland is my home country but in go-karts, Formula Renault and Formula 3, I always raced for Italian teams and spent over a year living close to Monza, so this whole area holds good memories for me.

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

I've never been to a race car race before.

I know the Paul Ricard track from when I drove in Formula 3.

I am thrilled to be part of the Indianapolis 500.

I've enjoyed coming to Talladega since 2008 when I was in the ARCA Series.

I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.

I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.

I own a Ferrari race team, and we race all over North America.

I want to be up front racing.

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

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.

I can't remember what made my dad take us karting for the first time, I can't remember really. I was into motorsport by then and I knew everything, and every driver, it was around 2009, 2008. That's when I first properly knew about Formula One. Those were the days.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

I think it would be very exciting to do a track like Silverstone the other way around, to arrive so quick in Becketts and then Maggotts would be very exciting.

McLaren were one of the first teams I liked and supported.

I'm definitely more one of the drivers who would want to do Daytona, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.

Racing is work, so that's not a hobby.

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

It's real easy to sit on your couch and point fingers and say, 'So-and-so did something wrong...'. But until you are out there in these cars at these speeds and seeing all the near-misses and what is really going on, it is not worth forming an opinion.

In the rest of the world though, particularly in Europe, the most popular form of racing is not stock cars. It's not NASCAR. It doesn't look anything like NASCAR. It's Formula 1.

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 just a race car driver.

Auto racing has been a big part of my life since I was very young. When the car feels right, it's like, 'We've got a big machine.'