Daniel Ricciardo Quotes

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

I am thrilled to be part of the Indianapolis 500.

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

Nascar will certainly not be one of my challenges in the future.

There's nothing quite like being part of a NASCAR race weekend, and that always will hold true.

My first memory of motor racing - I think it was just attending a go kart race.

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

There's only eight cars that make the Daytona 500.

For me I'm a NASCAR driver, and I want to be able to win NASCAR championships.

As a child, I always wanted to be a race car pilot.

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

Winning the Indy 500 in 1995 and the Formula 1 championship in 1997 are very special moments for me, and the people in NASCAR show me respect for what I've achieved so far in my career.

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

To be completely honest, I am obsessed with Formula 1 so in the off-season I would like to have just a few more races to still race in F1.

Maybe I am the driver who got the most close to the championship in history.

I like the competition that Nextel Cup gives us. The schedule is difficult. But this is something I want to do for sure.

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

I'd be a race car driver. I love fast cars.

Of course, when I can get an Indy Car or Champ Car race on television, I never miss the opportunity.

I like road-course racing.

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.

When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock.

When I started go-karting at the age of six, I always dreamt of becoming a Formula One driver.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.