The best Quotes by Flavio Briatore

The best Quotes by Flavio Briatore

Flavio Briatore (Italian: ; born 12 April 1950) is an Italian businessman. He started his career as a restaurant manager and insurance salesman in Italy. Briatore was convicted in Italy on several fraud charges in the 1980s, receiving two prison sentences, though the convictions were later extinguished by an amnesty.

Michael was talking like he's done this job all his life. But four years before, he had a poster of Senna in the bedroom.

I'm not particularly passionate about Formula 1. I just want to win.

We haven't agreed a name but it certainly won't be called Max.

2010, about his child not being named after Max Mosley

There should be more respect in Formula One.

The drivers in our teams have been and are world champions, and yet the title is being fought between one driver who is a semi-pensioner and another who is a decent bloke but is like a roadside post.

2009, about Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello

I wish Fernando a merry Christmas and a relaxing holiday because when the new season starts we will beat him.

December 2006

Fernando Alonso

When Michael Schumacher arrived, all the drivers looked at him like, "Too young, too early, too soon."

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Michael Schumacher

I have never listened to one of my drivers giving an interview. I couldn't care less.

The GP2 championship costs 0.65 percent of what the Formula One championship costs, ... I don't understand why GP2 cost $2.5 million and our team and other teams cost maybe between $300 and $500 million. I do not see what the difference is.

Fatality is part of the game. We have to accept the element of risk that F1 shares with a sport like boxing.

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Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

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I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

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Because in a split second, it's gone.

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My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.

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If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

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In the end, racing is about leaving work first.

Michael Schumacher

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I always thought records were there to be broken.

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No. Well, yes - experience.

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I'd prefer him playing tennis or golf.

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After those years, I was convinced I would always be a go-kart driver. Because I could never have imagined making it into Formula class - for financial reasons alone.

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What's behind me doesn't matter

Fernando Alonso

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When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.

Fernando Alonso

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Change Perfection

Competing in Formula 1 involves things I don't like anymore. Maybe they will be solved, but the will to do so has to become much stronger and lead to acting on it. Talking isn't enough anymore. The race has already begun.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

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In the end, I think in F1 it is very hard for a girl.

Max Verstappen

I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed.

Valentino Rossi

When you're in a race, the cockpit is gonna be a 140 F. G-Forces will be twice of what an astronaut experiences upon lift-off.

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I'm 74 and I don't have enough time left to waste it, waiting in waiting in front of a charging station.

Walter Röhrl

I've got my best race still ahead of me.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

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Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

Valentino Rossi

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Motorbikes Racing

Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

Colin McRae

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World Champion! This is just unbelievable. I started racing with my dad many years ago. We dreamed of becoming a World Champion - and now we are.

Max Verstappen - December 2021

Drinking is much safer than sports. You can't get hurt, only hungover.

Kimi Räikkönen

Formula 1 is the second best thing in the world.

The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings.

Lewis Hamilton

You never win by yourself alone. The day you think otherwise is the day you'll start to lose.

Mika Häkkinen

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Second is the first of the losers.

Enzo Ferrari

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

Mario Andretti

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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