Daniel Ricciardo Quotes

IndyCar is what it is and in the back of our minds we all know it is a dangerous sport.

The first race is really just something that we will all need to get through. Until people see the cars in action I don't think they will understand how quick they will be, which means they are going to be tiring to drive.

I think Formula One is - there's a lot of differences from track to track, grip levels, tyre compound, so you always have to press the reset button and work from scratch again.

I think people - especially folks who haven't seen a lot of NASCAR - they get this idea that we're just going around in circles. And that's so far from the truth. You're running as hard as you can to get all you can every lap.

It's my opinion tracks got too wide. You put 43 cars on the track, and if the turns are too wide like they are at some tracks, you sort of lose perspective of what's going on.

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

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.

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second

The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.

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

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

I am so competitive I cannot imagine myself without a racing car.

I loved a lot of motorsports, but as far as the ovals go, I was more into NASCAR.

Even though I grew up racing short races and sprint car races, I really enjoy the long races. And if your car is good, you really enjoy it.

I saw MotoGP on TV first, before I saw F1 and other types of car racing. It's what I got more into. It was cool, there was good, exciting racing.

We've definitely been in a few positions where it's come down to the end of the race and we've been able to close the deal, and we've definitely been in position where we've lost a few.

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

Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.

In racing, the fastest person wins. It is very simple.

I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.

That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.

There's only one racing strategy that matters.It's the one I run by: Get in the lead and don't let anyone pass you.

By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow.

I was able to get through the field and get this Lowe's ProServices Chevy up front. Those last few restarts I was able to hang on and duke it out with those guys and get a nice, top-three finish.