Racing Teams Quotes

I was driving in Formula Renault 2.0... with Daniel Ricciardo.

When I jumped ship from Roush Racing to Hendrick Motorsports, I couldn't believe the amount of personnel here that get along with each other. It's pretty amazing that there are so many people under one roof, where Roush is more spread out and it feels so different.

I think about F1 all the time... it's just my passion.

I've driven for A. J. Foyt, now the Andrettis, and my NASCAR team is Richard Childress Racing, which is one of the greats in that sport.

I think as a team we do OK with this because we are new and we need the drivers so we appreciate more if they do good for us than an established team, because you know it all and you know this environment here, it's like 'it cannot be me, it must be the driver'.

Race drivers are fiercely competitive animals, and there is often a conflict between what is right for the team and what is right for the individual.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

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.

In F1 everything involves money, but there are other details to work on.

The racing is quite boring, sometimes. It's hard to see how it pulls in fans.

The competition in today's world of racing is so tough.

F1 needs Ferrari much more than Ferrari needs F1.

The reality of it is, we have to have an enormous amount of corporate support to fund 43 race teams and all the things that go on. So there are always going to be brands that may not be ones that you would choose, but that are willing to make a significant investment.

I love coming to America to race. Maybe that's because I'm a big fan of NASCAR as well.

Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.

We want to be a works partner. Ferrari and Mercedes have their own works teams so where would you be in the pecking order if you're a customer?

In F1, we see teams spending ridiculous amounts of money. That's the sport.

Times change, things move. F1 used to have customer cars years ago. You could buy a car from March or from Ferrari and go racing.

Formula One was just cool. I loved racing, all types of racing, but from a young age, Formula One was the noise and everything, and that's what I was drawn to. I already knew when I was younger, the coolest guys are in F1... not that NASCAR drivers aren't cool, but that was always what I had in my head!

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

I like to race, not to do laps alone.

It's true that we have to have restrictions and tight rules and so on and it's also true that the teams are so close to that line they're going to create a P1 or P2, whatever it's going to be, I don't get worked over that because that's auto racing.

If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it.

The next Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress, or Joe Gibbs has to come from somewhere.

I was always interested in maybe being in Formula E as I said many times when I was still racing in F1.