Damon Hill Quotes

Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.

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

But I plan on dedicating specific training to track this winter for the next racing season.

I think I don't really have any expectations; I don't look at the season as a whole - I look at it race by race.

Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.

This is like my dad's race team where we had one Legend car. If we wrecked it, we couldn't race the next week unless we had enough parts to put it back together again.

Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.

I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers.

My first race was in October 2001 in Kapsabet, Kenya. It was a 10km road race. I was excited and I was happy to know I am good in running.

I always learn something from every race.

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.

Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.

Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we could look at winning more races. Three race wins would be very satisfying.

If you are out in two races and someone else has a good couple of races, it could change. So all we do is try to get the optimum every time.

When you line up on the track, you want to have done your homework, be aware of what they are capable of. You think about everything. It's like taking a journey, innit?

As a driver, you always want to win every race, but as a car owner you know that isn't very realistic.

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

I'm very confident about being on the grid in Australia in 2003.

Portland is a permanent road course built in a beautiful state, which is for me a fantastic area for many reasons. The downside is that the weather is so unpredictable that it's not uncommon to start the race on the dry and end with the rain as it happened to me in 1996 when I won my first Champ Car race.

I think once you get into the routine of race weekends, and there's more of a structure, it gets a bit easier.

Experience will always win in this sport. That experience helps with a lot of things, even in the race shop. You are going to have experience in certain scenarios where you can make those right decisions.

It is unnatural for drivers and team members to be sitting on their hands when we would usually be racing.