Nigel Mansell Quotes

It takes a little time to return to a Formula One car after 15 months away and to get back in the rhythm again, but after about 20 laps, I was feeling really comfortable and enjoying myself.

Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

When I'm doing longer runs I can be very consistent on the lap times because I know what the car is doing all the time.

Ever since I've jumped in a Legends or Dwarf car, I've always tried to win. I've been able to win in every race car I've ever driven.

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

As a driver, you want to race every lap possible, especially when you've got a good car.

People ask how hard it can be sitting down for work during a 500-mile race? Well, without power steering or power brakes, holding onto 650 horses in a car that has nearly 3,000 pounds of downforce and can produce up to 4Gs vertically and laterally can be extremely tough - even sitting down.

Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

Speed I like. I do love driving and I've had a couple of those experiences where you go to a track and can test cars around the track.

Every lap is different.

I feel gifted for having the opportunity to compete in Daytona.

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

When I joined Formula One, I knew that what I found is that the cars are so much faster, and it took me a little while to understand where to always put the car.

I ran track, and I was really good at it. I was really fast.

I'd like to have some good races and score points.

There are a lot of good cars, good teams and good drivers.

What we need to make sure we do as a team is build the quickest car on the grid - if we have the quickest car, we can do it!

I've always said the one change that would've been nice is if I'd been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!

This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track.

When you get to an F1 car and after one lap you see the pace is there, it is special emotions and I miss it so much.

If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them.

I just try to go out there and be who I am and compete and bring home as many trophies as I can. That's what being a race car driver is all about and that's why I do what I do.

The car drives really really good so far. No changes on the next pit stop. It's great, I can hold it down right along the bottom here in the corners I'm just ridin' around out here just waiting until later to make a move

Stepping up a gear during any race is not an easy thing to do.