Jackie Stewart Quotes

I think you have to feel comfortable with your car. You have to go into turn one, every lap, with confidence. You have to be sure of yourself and your equipment.

You're pulling 4-5G for a lot of the corners around the lap. We build up lactic acid because there are a lot of vibrations in the car, and you have to have strong legs to hit the brake pedal. We need to be fit to do every lap at 100%.

When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.

I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.

I feel comfortable around every driver out there and each driver is in charge of their own car, but you feel very secure racing the competition out there.

A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.

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

Cornering is like bringing a woman to a climax. Both you and the car must work together. You start to enter the area of excitement at the corner, you set up a pace which is right for the car and after you've told it it is coming along with you, you guide it along at a rhythm which has by now become natural. Only after you've cleared the corner you can both take pleasure in knowing it's gone well.

In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle.

The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.

Oversteer is best cause you dont see the tree that kills you.

People want to see the car crash instead of the race. But, when you're the one in the car that's crashing, it's not much fun. I'm enjoying the race.

There are a lot of drivers who can carry a car. It doesn't happen very often very successfully. I think it takes a certain amount of sensible bravery. It's no good to be brave and just keep crashing.

The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

I think women are great drivers. To be honest, I've only been in one car accident - one of my best friends, his wife was driving. She went into oncoming traffic, our car flipped almost four times. I didn't even have time to put on a seat belt, because they'd just picked me up.

Stand on the gas, my friend. If your right foot doesn't ache, you're obviously doing something wrong.

Everybody has this fond association with the car from Back to the Future, but most people have never seen one. I've seen people drive off the berm trying to take pictures. It ends up being dangerous.

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

People do what they think works for them, but the sport is about instinct, movement, balance, power... it's too animalistic to get rigid about your training.

I’m not interested in what people think about me. I’m not Michael Schumacher.

Frentzen is taking, er, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.

If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough

What still amuses me a bit is that in F1 people see the race basically on TV screens. But I am sure new tracks will be built.

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