David Leslie Quotes

Nobody wants to lose Ferrari. And I don't think Ferrari can afford to lose Formula One.

Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.

It's just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy.

As a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible.

I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.

Let's make it clear: it's Ferrari I'm interested in. Drivers, we've had a lot, some very good, some great, but drivers come and go, while Ferrari remains.

Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment.

I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.

When you're talking about proper competition, I think Formula E has good competition.

In an F1 team at the end you have your little family and I feel that Red Bull is definitely mine and my place to be at the moment.

After your time passes at Ferrari, you may drive for another team, but you're always a Ferrari driver.

When I become world champion, what do I need? I need opponents, I need someone to pick a venue, negotiate a date, and I need a promoter.

I'm still a Red Bull driver. I'm part of this family more than ever.

The Nations League is a great competition.

I really want to thank Red Bull Racing and Dr. Helmut Marko for the confidence they have in me.

It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings. There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don't play well, you're often losing a lot of your own money.

I grew up wearing free racing T-shirts.

I had other proposals and I was talking to people but then I decided that staying at Ferrari would give me my best chance of winning the championship.

I wanted to be a professional motor racer. It was only due to lack of sponsors that I could not do it.

Marchionne has a clear vision of what F1 should represent for Ferrari, which is a purist sport that isn't a shopping channel. I would strongly encourage the sport's stakeholders not to provoke him.

I am proud to be part of Ferrari's history.

I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.

I had a great opportunity to be an F1 driver but, on the other hand, I have a great opportunity to become a rally driver with a very good programme.

I'm not desperate to stay in Formula One. It needs to be sensible and it needs to be the right deal.