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28 Sep 2007, 10:41 (Ref:2025018) | #26 | ||
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"Are you trying to ******* kill me?!?!"
Schumacher to Coulthard, Spa '97. Last edited by chunterer; 3 Oct 2007 at 08:14. Reason: We know what he said but we need to be a bit careful of any little ones and stuff who might repeat the quote |
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Fred Mackowiecki- the one man I'd love to swap surnames (and talent) with. |
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And it looks like Hellinburg was shot out of a canyon!
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"Max Chilton is the first driver i've ever seen in nappies"
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11 Oct 2007, 20:14 (Ref:2038021) | #29 | |
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I seem to remember reading an interview with Robin Herd (of March..) & he was asked how quick Vittorio Brambilla was, his reply was `quicker than most of the circuits he races on` Brilliant.
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15 Oct 2007, 17:20 (Ref:2040914) | #30 | |
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How about a few Frank Gardener quotes??
I seem to remember some clasics from when he was asked to test the 917 by Porsche...after he found out that almost every other driver had ducked the inviatation because the early cars were perceived as being lethal. If I try and repeat them here I will get them wrong , so please someone post a few Frank quotes Thanks |
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Brilliant - thanks.
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"O hell, I don't know...I guess Buckshot is too short to see over the steering wheel."
Jason Keller refering to Buckshot Jones when asked how he got involved in a crash at Atlanta Motor Speedway in a Busch Series race. Last edited by fieldodreams79; 17 Oct 2007 at 19:08. |
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18 Oct 2007, 14:19 (Ref:2043626) | #34 | ||
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Interview to James Hunt right after his victorious British GP, Brands Hatch 1976:
"James, how much does this victory mean to you?" JH: "Nine points, 20.000 thousand dollars and a lot of happiness" |
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18 Oct 2007, 20:25 (Ref:2043952) | #35 | ||
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The US Driver, Ed McDonough, when he totalled Norman Abbott's tweaky Escort Special Saloon at Silverstone.
"What was the cause of the accident, Ed?" "Brain failure!" |
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On Phil Hill in a rainstorm at the 12 hours of Sebring, speaking with Jo Bonnier:
JB: "When you passed me, I was horrified. You were laughing. I didn't see how you could stay on the road at such speed. What were you laughing about?" PH: "It amused me the way the rain was running down your beard. You looked so uncomfortable." from The Cruel Sport; Grand Prix Racing 1959-1967, by Robert Daley. Phil, the MAN! a great book too! |
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"Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have." -Mike Cooley |
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Excellent additions folks - keep em coming!!
Hey pomracer if you've got any more quips from the laconic Frank Gardner, let's have em! |
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21 Oct 2007, 01:12 (Ref:2045761) | #38 | ||
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another Phil Hill
When Phil Hill was asked why he races, his response:
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21 Oct 2007, 08:03 (Ref:2045890) | #39 | ||
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Dear Old John Bolster, after Richie Ginther had finished testing the then new Lotus 40, Chunky's even more problematic Group 7 Sorts Racer.
"So, Witchie, what do you think of the new Lotus 40, then?" The laconic Ginther, "Well, y'all it's same as the Lotus 30: but with ten more mistakes!" |
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I wonder if that was the original version of that saying, that has been applied to quite a few other cars over the years?
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Charlie Cox co-commentating a British Touring Car Championship race back in the late 90's at Brands Hatch. It was England. It was raining!
"He's got about as much grip out there as a dog on lino!" David Leslie after making a very big mess of his BTCC Cavalier at Oulton Park, when asked "hows the car" by the BBC pitlane reporter... "Aye, it's fair second-hand now". |
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Another one which raised a smile for me was by Innes Ireland describing a crash he had at Monaco in the fragile Lotus when as usual something broke causing a crash...'came out of the tunnel minus the bloody car...' |
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From Redman on rejecting a Ferrari F1 drive: "I was racing their F2 car and then I got off in qualifying and said "This is as quick as I can go". "You are only 10th !!"they screamed, "get out and drive quicker!!" . I pushed, drove like a maniac and managed 4th within a 1/10 of a second of the top time. After that they said "you do Formula Due now and by the end of the year you move to Formula Uno". But I said no because I thought if I drove for Ferrari with this mentality I would have been dead by the end of the year."
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"People are mushy" - Paul Hawkins on the merits of where to crash on the Targa Florio.
"I ain't never won a race, but I ain't never lost a party" - Delma Cowart gets his priorities right And what was the quote about Denis Jenkinson winning the Mille Miglia in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes? |
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Geoff Daryn, a charming chap who raced a Turner Ford in Modsports in the early 70s, after practising at Lydden, when Ronnie Peterson suddenly arrived to test the March F1 two days before Monaco. Peterson kept charging past Geoff and chucking the whole outfit sideways at 100 and whoknows MPH!
Daryn in the paddock, "Suddenly, I don't want to be a racing driver anymore!" |
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