“I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.”

“The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.”

“Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.”

“I have never gone on a real trip, never taken a holiday. The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody else is on vacation.”

“I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.”

“One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death.”