Racing Strategy Quotes

It’s not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank.

At the beginning, I didn't want to arrive at a big team like Ferrari and say: 'Ok, I want the car like this' - I just wanted to try and adapt to the car and then see if I wanted to make some changes.

Time trialing is one of those things that you've got to train for... Being a new rider, it's still really hard for me to know what's the most efficient gear for me to be in. The road race is probably more exciting, in my opinion, because it's a lot faster pace, and people are constantly attacking.

We put fate in other people's hands there at Talladega. You have 42 other racers and sometimes it doesn't work out for you.

My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.

A guy like me, yes, I am good in terms of championship races, and that's where I dominate - but in terms of running fast times, I haven't quite done that.

You can't ever make the perfect run, but you can make the best run, and then you clock the fastest time, and that's a win.

Second doesn't mean anything in cycling.

On Memorial Day, I was out floating on Lake Norman and came across Denny Hamlin. We struck up a conversation, and one of the first things we were talking about was how much it helped him when he started racing the Cup car and how much it helped his Nationwide program.

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.

When I'm racing, I'm thinking about my own race. I'm not thinking about anybody.

I feel comfortable around every driver out there and each driver is in charge of their own car, but you feel very secure racing the competition out there.

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.

He's extremely clever and I learn always so much when I fight with Lewis. He always knows exactly what you are going to do next with his experience, and that's what makes him so good on track with the battles. He's not very aggressive, always very correct, but always very good to anticipate what you are going to do.

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn.

At the end of the day I want to be the first rider across that finish line and I'll just find the quickest and easiest way to do it.

And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.

I think if you don't touch the wall in Monaco, you're not on the limit.

Many of us in the jockeys' room are wasting to ride many pounds below our natural weight, but all the while you are doing that, you also want to ensure that you are as strong as possible so that you can give your mount every possible chance in a race.

I would rather have racing without computers. The human side is forgotten, and instead of talking over what's happening and just trusting the feel of the driver, the data becomes almost more important.

You do, mostly, in track, different sessions, sprinting and medium sessions in different style. You have to see that even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and you can still power the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

If you go back many years ago, you could cruise around and build up a big point lead. You cannot cruise around at all. You gotta be on it. And that's what I think people really enjoy. I've always believed that brings out the biggest moments, too. It brings out the driver talent.

The car drives really really good so far. No changes on the next pit stop. It's great, I can hold it down right along the bottom here in the corners I'm just ridin' around out here just waiting until later to make a move

What we need to make sure we do as a team is build the quickest car on the grid - if we have the quickest car, we can do it!