Quotes About Motorsport

I did a deal with my parents to take a year out before university at the end of 1992 to try and forge a career in motor sport. I still haven't gone. I left school at 18 and that was it.

I finally returned to Lausitzring in 2003. The idea was to drive the 13 laps that I had been unable to complete because of the crash. I drove out and it was as if I was in the car the day before the accident.

I've never seen a NASCAR race; I've seen an Indianapolis 500 race.

The opportunity at NASCAR will continue to be such that the best talent wants to be here.

The France family is locked and loaded in its dedication to Nascar.

Having competed themselves, my father and my uncle are very passionate about motorsport, so I inherited it from them.

We're way underpaid as race car drivers.

I think the people that need to see my talent are seeing it, people who understand F1 well are valuing my performance.

In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it's a fact.

Sponsoring is very important for Formula One and, if a driver can help with it, it's a help.

I'm basically a marketing director, a CEO and a racing driver all in one, because I have to understand why brands would want to partner with me and sponsor me and give me the support I need to race, because if I don't have the money I don't race.

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

I am the driver. I am the owner, kind of the sponsor, except for our sponsorship with Dodge.

It is weird because a lot of people don't realise, I would struggle for budget. There are moments with the people I work with sit there and think what have we got to do to make people realise that if Billy doesn't get sponsorship he won't be racing.

From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1.

The same things we've done the past couple of seasons. We've worked on the engine and clutch. We'll try and pick up the performance and consistency of the car and go back out there.

It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.

The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.

I had the offer to race Stock Cars. I refused the first time.

I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.

The officials in the garage do a great job.

It seems like F1 is kind of going down that route, opening it up more to the public and letting them know what is going on, what you do, instead of just driving and going home.

I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family.

Motorsport gave me a purpose. It gave me a reason to overcome my condition.