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You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1.
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Jean Alesi
you
I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.
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Fernando Alonso
self
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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Mario Andretti
success
To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it. When you're driving a 750hp machine at 200mph, the noise and the vibrations are incredible. The G-force when you take big corners is like someone trying to rip your head off. You hit the brakes, and it feels as if the skin is being pulled off your body.
—
Jenson Button
body
The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.
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Jim Clark
work
I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.
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Juan Manuel Fangio
you
Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.
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Enzo Ferrari
man
I have to accept risk as a racing driver.
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Emerson Fittipaldi
risk
You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that God, in my mind, is really in control.
—
Jeff Gordon
work
Singapore is a pretty fantastic place, and the race is always a challenge.
—
Romain Grosjean
race
I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.
—
Lewis Hamilton
unique
Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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Damon Hill
action
If I get into a car on a circuit, I drive as fast as I can; thats it!
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James Hunt
I dont need to break the speed limit. But if Im not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.
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Jimmie Johnson
sin
I am quite a relaxed person out of the car, but in the car I am aggressive, I never give up, I fight to the end and I try 100% all the time.
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Heikki Kovalainen
time
I always go extreme ways.
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Niki Lauda
Ive tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.
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Nigel Mansell
you
I really like the really high banked tracks.
—
Juan Pablo Montoya
real
It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal.
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Stirling Moss
you
The Lotus is a couple of years newer than the Williams was, and as the pace of development in F1 cars is so quick, I expect it to be another completely different experience, but still one that I know Im going to enjoy.
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Nelson Piquet
joy
I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they dont appreciate that.
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Alain Prost
success
Theres always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I dont really care what people think.
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Kimi Raikkonen
art
No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.
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Nico Rosberg
good
The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but its true.
—
Valentino Rossi
relationship
Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.
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Michael Schumacher
motivation
And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.
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Ayrton Senna
power
One of my greatest pleasures in motor racing is qualifying. You have loads of freedom from pushing a lap the whole way. Ive always been very good in qualifying in the past; everything Ive done, Ive got pole positions.
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Bruno Senna
freedom
Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.
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Jackie Stewart
man
People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.
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Casey Stoner
day
If he cant do it with Ferrari, well, he cant do it.
—
John Surtees
wit
I dont care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.
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Sebastian Vettel
war
If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
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Gilles Villeneuve
you
I dont understand the concept of always trying to make F1 go slower and slower and slower and have less and less power.
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Jacques Villeneuve
power
I am healthy, my family is healthy. That is the important thing. After that we go racing.
—
Mark Webber
family
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