Most Excellent Quotes

**ruaphu** · 23rd December 2014, 21:21

C S Lewis
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn, my god, do you learn!

Feck yeah, been there done that, got the xrays to prove it, hence why i like Lewis's quote.

Sir Sterling Moss. (I think??)
Better to go into a corner slow and come out fast than go into a corner fast and come out dead.

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**Swoop** · 24th December 2014, 18:10

Originally Posted by husaberg

If you have never seen this pass watch it...........

2.06 =

**pete376403** · 24th December 2014, 18:21

"A safe second is better than a gloriously fought DNF" I recall that was attributed to Croz

**haydes55** · 24th December 2014, 20:55

Originally Posted by pete376403

"A safe second is better than a gloriously fought DNF" I recall that was attributed to Croz

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough- Ayrton Senna

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose- Ayrton Senna

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win- Ayrton Senna

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.- Ayrton Senna

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.- Ayrton Senna

The mentality of champions is vastly different from the mentality of those who finish second.

**husaberg** · 24th December 2014, 21:00

Originally Posted by Swoop

2.06 =

I was meaning the one around 1 minute, under brakes with Kevin sideways yet still stuffs Wayne under brakes.

But that said the Rainey up yours with a wheelie was not without its charms.

Wayne Psyched himself out the next race(from memory) and Wayne ran off the track on the second last corner without Kevin having to do the impossible pass that Wayne knew was coming sooner or later.
later ....Not quite as I remember it as it was a split race result was the same

**pete376403** · 24th December 2014, 21:19

Originally Posted by haydes55

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough- Ayrton Senna

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose- Ayrton Senna

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win- Ayrton Senna

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.- Ayrton Senna

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.- Ayrton Senna

The mentality of champions is vastly different from the mentality of those who finish second.

Croz is still alive.

**husaberg** · 24th December 2014, 21:23

Second place is just the first place loser. - Dale Earnhardt
not very PC but apt for some nevertheless

**Scuba_Steve** · 24th December 2014, 21:40

"Biting is excellent. It's like kissing only there's a winner"

"Science is but an organised system of ignorance"

"Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." - H. Ford
or to paraphrase "any colour as long as it's black"

**duckaddict** · 24th December 2014, 21:50

"Qualifying is for show, racing is for dough" 2014 MotoGP BTSport commentator.

**F5 Dave** · 24th December 2014, 21:57

I don`t know what to say: One minute my hands were full, the next they were empty.

**unstuck** · 25th December 2014, 04:51

I thought initially there would have been a mechanical failure or something to that effect because I've never high-sided going 200k's at the end of the straight like that before.
(Kenny Roberts)

**Ocean1** · 25th December 2014, 07:34

You steer the car with your feet; the steering wheel is used only to present the car to the corner.
Stirling Moss

If at first you don't succeed, then drag racing is not for you.
Shirley Muldowney

Any suspension, no matter how poorly designed, can be made to work reasonably well if you just stop it from moving.
Colin Chapman

...when something on a Lotus broke, Chapman said make everything else lighter.
Parnelli Jones

**husaberg** · 25th December 2014, 08:16

A smart engineer can do for a penny what a good engineer can do for tenpence

Development is only necessary to rectify the ignorance of designers.

"There was never any ignorance on his part because, as he also said: Working things out for yourself from first principles, and providing proper engineering solutions never goes out of fashion.

Academics are seldom any use at engineering

In engineering there's an answer to everything. It's just that we're usually too ignorant or too dim to see it.

You're quite entitled to your opinions -
even if they're wrong.

He said he couldn't understand how man had managed to put a man on the moon before realizing it would be a good idea to put wheels on large suitcases.

Keith Duckworth "That the worth from Cosworth" likely the best and most successful F1 engineer/designer that has ever lived