Formula One Driver
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"The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. ... I am the CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, which runs the business in F1. From this point of view, I own F1."
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🇫🇷Jules Bianchi
1989–2015
2 quotes
🇩🇪Sebastian Vettel
b. 1987
"The chequered flag is really just a stupid wooden stick and a piece of cloth. It's a small thing, but it means so much when you cross the line at moments like that. It was unbelievable."
15 quotes
🇧🇷Ayrton Senna
Business
1960–1994
"I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breathtaking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to like it most."
15 quotes
🇬🇧Bernie Ecclestone
Business
b. 1930
"FT.com — Financial Times: The case that will decide Formula One’s future"
4 quotes
🇺🇸Mario Andretti
Religion
b. 1940
"The visas came through in 1955, when I was 15. That June, we sailed for New York aboard the Conte Biancamano. When we passed the Statue of Liberty, Anna Maria tried to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
4 quotes
🇫🇮Mika Häkkinen
b. 1968
"Oh yeah it was so easy you can't believe it... No it wasn't."
1 quotes
🇨🇦Gilles Villeneuve
1950–1982
"I think Gilles was the perfect racing driver … He had the best talent of all of us."
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🇫🇮Kimi Räikkönen
b. 1979
"No. And you're better do it quickly, otherwise I go inside."
5 quotes
Notable Quotes
"I think Gilles was the perfect racing driver … He had the best talent of all of us."
— Gilles Villeneuve, b. 1950View →
"I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breathtaking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to like it most."
— Ayrton Senna, b. 1960View →
"It will take time for this to sink in. It was my dream to one day drive a Formula One car and even if my target now has been to fight for poles and race wins, I didn’t expect it today and it feels fantastic. Doing it here in Italy is also amazing."
— Sebastian Vettel, b. 1987View →
"The chequered flag is really just a stupid wooden stick and a piece of cloth. It's a small thing, but it means so much when you cross the line at moments like that. It was unbelievable."
— Sebastian Vettel, b. 1987View →
"I was at home in Monaco that Sunday. A friend of mine called from Zolder and said 'Gilles has had a big accident, and it doesn't look good at all.' So I phoned Joann, and shot up to her place very quickly. From then on it was chaos and disaster. You don't want to think about it."
— Gilles Villeneuve, b. 1950View →