I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world … - Allan McNish

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What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

Allan McNish

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

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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

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.

Average, Happen, Law, Nature, Sports, Various

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

What I like is when you can hear the heart and soul of music and can feel the energy coming out of it, because that's what it's like when you drive.

Coming, Drive, Energy, Heart, Like, Soul