My very first car was a grey Alfa Romeo Alfasud, which I got in 1987. But, in our … - Allan McNish

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Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.

Allan McNish

My very first car was a grey Alfa Romeo Alfasud, which I got in 1987. But, in our family, all cars were for sale - so they might be there in the morning and were gone at night. In the mid-90s, I joined Porsche and the Carrera was the car, and the Carrera 4S was the one they gave me. As a wee boy from Dumfries, I couldn't believe it.

Believe, Boys, Car, Cars, Gone, Morning

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I clipped a Ferrari, hit the gravel trap at a fair old speed, which lifted the car up into the barrier, and then rolled a few times. I had no injuries or anything - I just had to wait for the marshals to right the car before I could get out.

Car, Ferrari, Lifted, Marshals, Wait, Waiting

I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting, I finished third at Le Mans; that hurt because it was very close, but then in Formula One there wasn't really an opportunity to finally crack it, so it's third time lucky.

Close, Hurt, Opportunity, Time, Winning

Especially with sports cars, when you have got so many cars on the track with various degrees of competitiveness, then something will happen. It's the nature of racing, the law of averages. If you want to be a front-runner then you are going to have to push very hard, and collisions can happen.

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My motto is to do everything absolutely flat out and to the best of your ability.

Ability, Everything, Flat, Motto, My Motto

It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.

Everyone, Harder, Knock, Numbers, Stay, Trying