Romain Grosjean Quotes

As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like.

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

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.

The drivers are the stars; the drivers are the heroes.

I think I did a pretty good job - particularly when I was racing with Hakkinen. It was maybe the first time that I have been challenging with the big boys, and I really enjoyed it.

Charlotte is a place I always enjoy racing.

Being under the lights makes any race track that much better.

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.

I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I'd actually done it. It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.

It was a pretty wild ride. The race wasn't bad, but qualifying would take your breath.

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.

I've always said that racing in New York is performing on the big stage.

At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.

That's what race fans love to see. That's what they bought this ticket for. That's what they're sitting in the grandstands rooting on their favorite driver for is to see him get out there, mix it up clean and bring it home just like we were, third and fourth.

My new life goes beyond my dreams because my dream was Formula One and I achieved it. I'm a driver, I feel like a driver. I have won this race because I am alive.

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

Racing may be a minority sport, but I wouldn't swap it for all the money in the world.

There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car... this is going to be unbelievable.

Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet.

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.

Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.

My time at Honda was amazing. Some of my best times in Formula One, actually. I might not have won races, just one race, but I had a lot of fun.

Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.

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.