Jackie Stewart Quotes (28 Quotes)

I think Alonso has demonstrated his ability to take on the best of the championship contenders.

When I was racing, we were more used to seeing some horrific accidents. For example, Michael Schumacher is a great world champion, but I haven't seen a weekend where he doesn't go off the circuit. At every race he always has a spin or runs through the gravel trap. He usually doesn't hit anything, but nevertheless it is an error that could not have been made in the days I raced.

It will be great to work with Rowan as he's a good racer and races in his own cars,

I hope the members give Damon their full support in working with the board in the best interests of the club.

Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.

He's now walked away, I understand, from that commitment, which is unusual.

This would double the price after seven years - this is unaffordable.

I have a very high respect for Jenson's driving skills but whether he will break through the pain barrier of not winning is another issue.

It is my fervent hope you will give Damon Hill unanimous support to lead the club. I hope this will include the minority of members who have historically undermined and disrupted the democratically elected board.

In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air.

We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous.

There were no medical facilities, but now today it is like an intensive care unit. Who would want to argue against that People were dying regularly.

I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.

If he had retired last year he would have done so as the complete hero, the dominant person,

There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.

It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.

When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I'm surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory.

The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings.

From the five years, 1968-73, if you were an F1 driver at that time, there was a very likely chance that you would have died.

From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.

It's great to remind yourself where it all began, ... My life has been like a magic carpet ride ever since.

We're relieved that we've been able to retain the British Grand Prix in this country, as I'm sure Bernie is too.

I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.

During my time as president we have fought many battles, not least almost annually the one to retain the British Grand Prix.

We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well.

The biggest issue for anyone who wants to do improvements is you need the money to afford them, and we are doing what we can to afford them.

There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.

You can never stop thinking about safety. There are always new improvements coming along. The people who work in the sport are creative and new ideas like deformable crash structures are fantastic.