Soichiro Honda Quotes

Both Indy Car and Formula 1 work in the same way, although there is a greater emphasis on development and technology in Formula 1.

I was born to race and to win.

Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.

My extensive career, with its victories and defeats, championships, etc., has been well documented. My entire life has been focused on being the best race car driver I can be.

I've got to win every race.

I'm a racer at heart more than anything else, and that will always be my priority: competing. But ultimately, if you can't drive, you can still have the competitive spirit outside of a car.

If you look right from the beginning of the season I've been very competitive.

I think the idealism has always been marketing. Even back in the early days of Apple and the 'pirate' mentality, they were building a computer that they wanted to differentiate from IBM and Microsoft.

It is true - maybe with five or seven points more, I could be five times world champion. But on the other hand, I could have zero world championships, and zero wins or zero podiums, because F1 is an extremely competitive environment. So I just take the positives, and I am happy with my achievements.

I think with racing, you never stop improving. If you want to improve, you will.

Formula One is not sport. Formula One is only intense competition between teams where the competition is really the research, the technology.

Love it or hate it, motorsport is not purely talent. It never has been and never will be.

I want to win wherever I race, the team's invested a lot in me.

It's been a big challenge to get into F1.

My approach to the race is definitely just trying to win the race.

Of course it's a nice challenge to compete against a grand prix winner.

We've got a great race team.

It's not about today or tomorrow; it's about building a company that can build the best race cars in the world.

I think F1, ultimately, is man and machine at its absolute limit. It is modern day chariot racing.

I need to do well and show I'm a worthy driver in F1.

The day I do get a championship-winning car, I will run with it. I will capitalise on every part of that beautiful thing.

I will give my very best to develop both as a driver, and to be part of the challenge to put the Sauber F1 Team back closer to the front where it belongs.

Our priority as a team is to finish first and second, irrelevant of the order.

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

How many points, how many races you can win, how many times you be on the podium. That's the name of the game.