Vehicle Handling Quotes

A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.

I've driven cars worth $6 million and now I'm not as nervous because I do it a lot, but I have to keep my wits about me because if I touch anything or scrape one rim, anything could go wrong.

I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

I'm a really bad driver. When I'm in L.A. my husband always has to park the car for me, because I'm likely to hit something.

I can parallel park pretty well - I'm a great driver.

People get nervous driving around corners, thinking they're going to tip over. But you can go soooo much faster through the curves than you realize.

There's a lot of debate on this subject - about what kind of car handles best. Some say a a front-engined car, some say a rear-engined car. I say a rented car. Nothing handles better than a rented car. You can go faster, turn corners sharper, and put the transmission into reverse while going forward at a higher rate of speed in a rented car than in any other kind.

The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow.

The connection of the car to the driver is the seat. You are strapped in tightly in it. On the motorcycle, you can move around. The G-forces feel different. It's probably harder to change from the car to the motorcycle.

To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I'm very proud to be the first winner here in India.

The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.

I cannot drive very well. I drive slow and very safe. I don't know cars that well.

There are a lot of drivers who can carry a car. It doesn't happen very often very successfully. I think it takes a certain amount of sensible bravery. It's no good to be brave and just keep crashing.

I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.

Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.

Older cars tend to drive like older cars. That is not for me.

Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't.

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.

I had a very good package for Phoenix, but at other tracks we do not have the power. The Brazilian Grand Prix was maybe closer to the reality.

And I'd get back to the cars being physical challenges to drive - to tame the beast. The cars we have at the moment are fantastic bits of engineering, but it's a little too comfortable, a little too easy. I think I'd go back to making the driver a bigger variable.

We all drive differently and have different styles. For me I need a car I can develop beneath me and feel comfortable in. If the car feels neutral and unbalanced it doesn't work for me.

It's hard to drive at the limit, but it's harder to know where the limits are.

The car is undoubtedly quicker and more balanced. The traction and braking can still be improved a bit but there's been a good evolution already from three weeks ago.