Prophetic words from the founder of McLaren, who took four F1 victories and established an eponymous racing team that would go on to become one of the most successful in the history of motorsport. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone." He died last year, aged 90.īruce McLaren: "To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. Unlike many heroic Formula 1 drivers from history, Moss ‘dabbled in the boundary of disaster’ but lived to tell the tale. After winning 16 races and finishing runner up in the standings four times, Moss retired from Formula 1 in 1962 after a serious accident that left him partially paralysed for six months. Perhaps the greatest driver to have never won the drivers’ title, Stirling Moss competed in the early years of the Formula 1 World Championship when safety standards for cars and circuits were virtually non-existent and disaster meant losing your life. Stirling Moss: "To achieve anything in this game, you must be prepared to dabble in the boundary of disaster.” Just ask his team Ferrari, who had the most powerful engine in 2019 (thanks to a less than legal interpretation of the engine rules) but still lost out to Mercedes. It may have been true back then, but modern Formula 1 cars need much more than a powerful engine to achieve title success. The founder of the most successful team in Formula 1 history is said to have uttered this immortal line in 1960 when asked about the ungainly windscreen attached to his Ferrari 250TR for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. From life lessons to ‘Murrayisms,’ we’ve taken a closer look at the stories behind some of Formula 1’s most iconic quotes.Įnzo Ferrari: “Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.” “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering all the rest are merely games,” said Ernest Hemingway.
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