Racing Circuit Quotes

Hungary we know it's a difficult track, it's one of the most physical tracks.

I've raced at the Hungaroring in Formula 3, and it's a bit of a Mickey Mouse track.

If the award comes with a check, then I want that award. But if it doesn't come with a check, then I'm not that interested. I'd much rather join NASCAR and get a trophy and a check.

I would love to drive a MotoGP but I'm not sure Ferrari agrees.

The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.

I like the competition that Nextel Cup gives us. The schedule is difficult. But this is something I want to do for sure.

TO be racing in Formula One with Mclaren has been the ultimate goal for me. It's a dream come true.

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.

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

I bought my first dirt bike when I was 12, and I started racing motocross when I was 15 and started getting pretty successful. Then I started racing snowmobiles at 17 and decided I wanted to focus on that and see if I can make a career at it.

Well, to be honest, technically speaking there are more demanding circuits than the A1-Ring. But, overall, it does pose its challenges - both for the car and for the team. This circuit should not be underestimated!

A race track is a place where windows clean people.

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.

In my city of Maracay, there is a go kart circuit about five minutes from my home. When I was about three or four years old, I said I wanted to race, but I was too young; then, when I reached the age of seven, my father gave me a kart and we started from there.

Racing is been my profession since I was 19 years old.

I realize this is blasphemy, but a few weeks ago I tried to watch a NASCAR race being run at Talladega. I lasted about five minutes before terminal boredom overtook me. It appeared to be nothing more than a high-speed freeway commute--a mob of luridly painted, identical lumps of metal loping at 180 mph around the banking, fender to fender, nose to tail. Knowing the scenario would surely devolve into a multicar demolition derby that would thrill the goobers in the grandstands, I turned off the set to later learn that this time it was Jimmie Johnson who triggered the eight-car melee.

I just feel rejuvenated in such a big way because of these race cars I get to drive.

Originally I was supposed to do Grand Prix, but I was under contract to 20th Century Fox at that time and Alex North was supposed to do Sand Pebbles, but he got sick, so Fox preempted me out of Grand Prix, and to my good fortune, I got to do Sand Pebbles. It was my first time working with Robert Wise and it was a great experience.

The Red Bull Ring is a ready-made facility, it can be ready in a very short period of time to fit the FIA's criteria.

Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.

I had no idea at two or three years of age that my dad was a rally driver and he was doing doughnuts around the world.

I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.

I crossed paths with a horse that happened to change my life. That horse is Game On Dude, and what a horse! He's a soldier. Together we traveled the world. We won the Santa Anita Big Cap, Goodwood, almost won the Breeder's Cup Classic; we won the San Antonio, Hollywood Gold Cup and the Californian.

But, being away from Formula One for a whole year, I think it's not easy to come back into Formula One because people forget very quickly about you - it was really hard to go back.

I love racing, I love racing everything really - karts, anything - so I do need to keep doing that. But the focus is on Formula One.