Allan McNish Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Especially with sports cars, when you have got so many cars on the track with various degrees of competitiveness, then something will happen. It's the nature of racing, the law of averages. If you want to be a front-runner then you are going to have to push very hard, and collisions can happen.”

“It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.”

“The main factors in terms of how tiring a season can be are governed by the number of races and the length of time between the first and the last.”

“What I like is when you can hear the heart and soul of music and can feel the energy coming out of it, because that's what it's like when you drive.”

“I don't do much driving - about 5,000-6,000 miles a year. And most of that is to the airport and to the racing circuits.”

“As a driver you enjoy winning races, and if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip and tuck stuff.”

“I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting, I finished third at Le Mans; that hurt because it was very close, but then in Formula One there wasn't really an opportunity to finally crack it, so it's third time lucky.”

“I just feel we are extremely lucky that when we wake up, we get to go to work and do something we love. Honestly, we can't call it work. We're living the dream, really. If you start thinking about the dangers too much, it's time to stop.”

“I try to get away from the pits as quickly as I can. I speak to my engineer when I get out of the car, usually there's some press to do, then I will go off and have a shower and get my dry, clean overalls and clothing on. I'll have a massage, stretch and something to eat. I don't sleep, but I try to close my eyes for a while.”

“It was not until I started racing for car manufacturers that I found a car I could really get attached to. I am the son of a car dealer, so up until then, cars just came and went.”