ibsey wrote:JJMonty wrote:Two interesting quotes that I have heard
1) From Sir JYS on the safety of motorsport. "Jackie Stewart says that in his day of racing, Cars were dangerous and safe was sex...... Now, cars are safe and sex is... not so safe anymore!"
JYS did come up with some pretty decent quotes actually;
Just did a 2 second search & apparently JYS said this..."Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax."
Source; http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quote ... 04991.html
A great quote from JYS that I do vaugely recall from the Mark Stewart (a.k.a his son's) documentary on him (which was shown on BBC4 repeated between 2009 - 2010). Goes something like this..."a racing car is alot like a women. It is very complex, highly strung & sensitive. One has to nurture, caress & coaxes it into doing the things you want it to do."
When he said that, I was half expecting Chef from South Park to break out & start singing one of his songs.
JYS has had some cracking quotes over the years
That last one comparing the cars to women reminds me of my lecturer's comments when comparing an engine to a woman - though his was more along the lines of "They are complicated, potentially expensive to maintain and kicks up the biggest fuss at the slightest temperature change!" Who said Engineering wasn't fun anyway? 
Actually in that same documentry that I quote Sir JYS from, Sir Stirling Moss also had a memorable quote when explaining how much he doesn't like the new safety features.
"To me, Danger was as much of the excitment during a race. You knew it was there, you knew about the consiquenses, but it gave me such a thril to be risking it because I had no idea of the outcome, unpredictable situations are fantastic! I can only compare it to asking a young lady out and then compare it to hiring a prostitute, hiring the prostitute isn't fun because you know the outcome, just like in today's races with the tarmac run off roads, whereas asking a lady out, you don't know what her answer will be!"
Sir Jack Brabham had a good quote "I have an apointment with the man holding the checkered flag, doesn't matter how long it takes me to get to him, as long as I'm first!"
(Tony Jardine, 1988)