Quotes About McLaren

McLaren was a risky project because they were completely new, but we are one team - we win and we lose together.

McLaren were one of the first teams I liked and supported.

As a British driver, you get compared to Lewis and I get that. But when he came to McLaren, they were doing well and had a championship-winning car. I'm in a very different situation so I don't compare myself to his stats.

As a driver, it's very important to feel at home and feel that the team wants you. I've always felt at McLaren it was pretty much love at first sight since we started talking.

IF THE MCLAREN P1 ISN'T FASTER THAN THOSE OTHER TWO CARS YOU CAN KNOCK MY HOUSE DOWN … OH BUGGER' – JEREMY CLARKSON

If McLaren give me a car, that's fine, but I don't tend to buy fancy stuff anyway or super-nice clothes.

The facilities are amazing here in McLaren. If you compare them to Sauber, who have good facilities in Formula 1, it's another level. But in terms of the people, the way they approach their jobs, is really amazing when you come into McLaren. The emphasis they have is very good and it gives you a big boost when you drive for this team.

Everybody who knows Formula 1 knows McLaren and knows that it is the greatest team in Formula 1.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.

I obviously hope that I can continue my career with McLaren but that might not be possible and if it isn't possible then I need to continue racing.

I'm with McLaren, I'm contracted to McLaren. They might wish to continue, they might not, but before they take a decision I can't really do anything. So I'm patiently waiting for them.

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years.

Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.

His supervisor, a well-liked ranger by the name of Dick McLaren, gave Randy a line of advice to which he would adhere for the rest of his career: 'The best way to teach the public isn't with a citation, it's with communication.

We had no money, and we had to go through 'punk' school. We ended up living in the rehearsal room that used to be the Sex Pistols rehearsal room at Malcolm McLaren's office. So we had this sort of interesting beginning.

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years.

Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.

Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.

I'm a fan of motorsport and a fan of McLaren and I was lucky to work with the company on a small scale across my career but to be able to race now with that brand on my jersey, it's pretty special. I still have to rein in my fanboy attitude sometimes.

Fred McLaren's terrific book, Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War

One of the things that's really struck me at McLaren is just how much influence you have as a driver - I can test something in the simulator, or we can work on something in the cockpit, and they'll really listen to my input and, the next time you get in the sim, or the mock-up car, it's been changed at your recommendation.

The day that arrives the first victory or the first win for McLaren-Honda will be a massive achievement for all of us.

Every driver is different, so I just hope whatever I do is going to be good enough, because it's not that I just want to be with McLaren. I want to win with McLaren.

To be announced as a race driver for McLaren is a dream come true.