Qualifying Lap Quotes

To be completely honest, I am obsessed with Formula 1 so in the off-season I would like to have just a few more races to still race in F1.

James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.

The Daytona 500 is a career-winning race. It defines careers for drivers, crew members, crew chiefs and race teams. It has that power.

It is one thing to drive a Formula 1 car, and it is another thing to actually race it.

There was very little opportunity to carry on in Formula 1. My goal was to get on to the starting grid and that didn't look achievable.

The first Indy was definitely the one I remember. It's my favorite race I've ever done. It's the most memorable race I've ever done, for sure. Even more than when I won. I just remember everything about it.

We're going to do whatever it takes to bring that NASCAR style of racing on the track to full fruition. That's simply what we have to do.

For me I'm a NASCAR driver, and I want to be able to win NASCAR championships.

Those youngsters go out there and set a record and clinch the pole position. But what do you do if you wreck your car. That record doesn't spend too well.

One of my greatest pleasures in motor racing is qualifying. You have loads of freedom from pushing a lap the whole way. I've always been very good in qualifying in the past; everything I've done, I've got pole positions.

When you only qualify in 18th position, you have to take your chance off the grid.

I train to quite an intense level because Formula 1 is so physical - the G-forces, the demands on your body. Your heart rate is 150, 160 through the whole race. On qualifying lap, your heart rate can be up to 180, 190, under tough conditions.

It's an honor to be driving the 43.

In my time in F1, I never doubted I could be successful. I sadly never made it on to the starting grid of an F1 race, but during testing I completed a race distance.

I am going to miss that time when you take that corner better than anybody else could have taken it on that lap or you do that great qualifying lap or you make that great pass or you bring a crippled car home.

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.

I enjoyed my first season with Sauber, for sure.

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

These days it is not very easy to overtake in Formula One, the cars have great aerodynamic downforce. When you are behind a car, you lose downforce.

I always like my chances at Daytona.

How you go about testing is just very different to just being in the situation of qualifying, having to go out, having to nail the lap.

There are several races that anything can happen and Talladega is one of those places for sure.

I kind of look up to Lewis, not as a hero, but as a very good driver who is very fast. Everyone has to admire his pace, especially in qualifying. He is a driver I support, in terms of him being British, and I want him to win, but he isn't an idol to me.

To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear. If it's a wet track, then it's worse as you're not in control most of the time, which is the thing all drivers fear the most.