Track Experience Quotes

When I am on the track, I get the greatest joy by running the fastest.

In high school, my two older brothers ran track. They'd come home sweaty and mud-covered, and I could tell they enjoyed it. So I started running - I ran a mile down the road and back again - and I haven't stopped since.

Sometimes in Formula One the fans are too far away from what is going on the track.

It's real easy to sit on your couch and point fingers and say, 'So-and-so did something wrong...'. But until you are out there in these cars at these speeds and seeing all the near-misses and what is really going on, it is not worth forming an opinion.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy.

F1 always feels unreal until you arrive and get your first seat.

The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.

In that - and that is my personal view - Singapore delivers the most value, as they think about Formula One as a complete entertainment event, on and off track.

You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1.

I loved the speed of go-karting, but didn't have a lot of natural talent. The first time I went out on the track I found it scary; other karts were flying past and bumping into me.

Going to car racing school was phenomenal.

I like Hockenheim because I've raced there quite a few times. In fact, one of my first single seater races was there in Formula Renault 1.6 in 2003.

It's true that driving an F1 car in testing is helpful, it's not that you learn everything.

I think it would be very exciting to do a track like Silverstone the other way around, to arrive so quick in Becketts and then Maggotts would be very exciting.

When you drive it is you, the car and your performance on track that counts. That is why I do it.

I've enjoyed coming to Talladega since 2008 when I was in the ARCA Series.

I'm glad that I ran track in high school. I think it paid off.

The truth is, when you're at the track, it was an interesting thing about stock car racing as a sport, is you almost get more out of it watching it on TV.

All my life, I have been surrounded by the track. The week I was born, Dad took me to training. I do recall at some stage being pushed around in a pram on a track. I have a lot of inspiration from him. To see him carrying the Sydney Olympic torch really ignited my dream. As a coach, he knows the in and outs of race walking and technique.

I was able to complete a motocross track at my house, and that's something I've always enjoyed. That time away is really what developed the passion I needed to come back and compete.