The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.
You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.
Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.
You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.
I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.
Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.
In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it’s 95 percent car.
Women rule our lives, don’t they?
A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.
In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.
When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.
Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!
When I raced with Mercedes, I thought Id learn German. But my wife didnt want to live in Germany.
I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master English. Thank goodness he now speaks it.