Paul Walker Quotes

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

People spend so much time in their cars, and it's a legal way to have fun by speeding a little bit or testing yourself a little bit, and you get to invest in your car. For some people, it becomes their baby.

As a driver, you want to race every lap possible, especially when you've got a good car.

People get excited around me and behave differently than they would normally. I don't feel different from anyone else, except that I drive a racing car round in circles faster than somebody else.

The GTO is such an important car because it's a racing car and a touring car and that's pretty unusual.

When you're in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.

I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow.

People ask how hard it can be sitting down for work during a 500-mile race? Well, without power steering or power brakes, holding onto 650 horses in a car that has nearly 3,000 pounds of downforce and can produce up to 4Gs vertically and laterally can be extremely tough - even sitting down.

I love horsepower.

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62.

I believe there is room in the market for a daily driver that embodies all the attributes of the best track racing car and the comfort of a luxurious sports car.

When I got to Ferrari I learnt to be less aggressive, and how to set up the car for my driving style.

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

All cars have a natural gait, a speed at which they're happiest. The Corniche is perfect at around 65-70mph. I did a ton in it once, which was completely horrible. Apparently, it'll reach 120mph, but not with me in it.

My favourite car I drove in the 'shoot out' at Silverstone was the 2016 Mercedes DTM car. I loved every moment in it, the downforce being particularly surprising.

I feel competitive all the time I'm in the car.

You get such a visceral thrill driving a race car. You think you've driven, and then you're like, 'Oh, I was doing something for 20 years that I didn't realize I hadn't experienced the real version of.'

The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.

They say you only go around once, but with a muscle car you can go around two or three times.

That's one thing that's been aimed at me since I was 17: a lack of pace.

We share the emotions of driving race cars. It's cool to have a dad who understands what you mean when you talk about oversteer or traction. But it's not a help at the race.

I drive a Mercedes SLS, which is fun.

What I have to show, I show on the track.

My weakness might be that the guys with the longer legs can hold their top speed a little bit longer and might not slow down as fast at the end of the race.