I felt bad but you cannot compete in Formula One on the cheap.   Race steward Johnny Herbert on the decision to stop HRT competing in the Australian Grand Prix after its cars failed to make the 107% rule March 29, 2011

 When they say 'We'll get back to you', you expect, to be honest, that they'll get back to you. You don't expect to read it on page three, three or four minutes later.   McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh unhappy with stewards after Jenson Button was handed a drive-through penalty. Whitmarsh asked them for immediate advice after Button cut a corner but did not get it March 28, 2011

 We created a miracle again, but it wasn't enough.   HRT boss Colin Kolles on the miracle of failing to qualify at Albert Park March 27, 2011

 Playing with all the steering wheel dials at 300km/h will be, I guess, like answering three Blackberry messages while making fried eggs and doing your shoelaces all at the same time   Vitaly Petrov has concerns about adjusting his rear wing and applying KERS at high speeds March 23, 2011

 The ladies love the noise   Bernie Ecclestone claims to know what women want ... apparently its the sound of highly-strung V8s rather than four cylinder turbos March 17, 2011

 Australia is just as important to us as Monaco and has been for an awful long time.   Bernie Ecclestone backtracks over previous comments that Formula One "doesn't need" the Australian Grand Prix March 16, 2011

 I think our car is quicker than last year's car. Significantly.   HRT boss Colin Kolles on his team's 2011 car ...sadly, nobody can tell as it failed to make an appearance on track ahead of the season-opener in Melbourne March 13, 2011

 We should have said it was a new part because I went quicker with it.   Jenson Button retains his sense of humour as McLaren's pre-season continues to have problems March 13, 2011

 I know full well that Rome wasn't built in a day.   Tonio Liuzzi faces up to life at HRT March 10, 2011

 I watched the [McLaren] out on track a week ago and it's a mess ... it didn't slow down. It didn't turn in. It couldn't get the power down.    Driver-turned-commentator Martin Brundle with a depressing take on McLaren's unreadiness for the new season March 9, 2011

 Under normal circumstances, I will have Jaime under control.   Sebastien Buemi on team-mate Jaime Alguersuari as the rivalry inside the Toro Rosso team starts early March 9, 2011

 What is his real motivation? Last year he was smiling even after a bad result.   Jacques Villeneuve questions what is behind former rival Michael Schumacher's comeback March 4, 2011

 Without an appendix I'm certain to be faster ... I mean, it must have weighed a few grams at least.   Timo Glock finds a new way to reduce weight after undergoing an appendectomy March 2, 2011

 We always had the most exciting races in the wet so let's think of making rain.   More rambling from Bernie Ecclestone who seems to have forgotten how many life-threatening accidents also happened in the wet March 2, 2011

 It's a bit like driving a car while playing with your mobile phone   Sebastian Vettel outlines his concerns about the extra buttons in the cockpit for 2011 March 1, 2011

 If you go to play at Wimbledon with flip-flops on and Federer is playing with Nikes, why bother turning up?    Mark Webber on the need to be fully competitive in Formula One ... and even with your own team-mate February 28, 2011

 Everyone likes a tight rear end   Williams technical chief Sam Michael draws reference to the finer details of the FW33 February 24, 2011

 Tom, I'm no angel.   Bernie Ecclestone to writer Tom Bowers at the start of the pair's collaboration on an authorised biography. Ecclestone subsequently boycotted the book launch after too much detail was revealed February 23, 2011

 I know very well the conditions under which I did my fastest lap, believe me, I am more than satisfied   Jaime Alguersuari talks up the performance of the Toro Rosso after some competitive lap times at Barcelona February 21, 2011

 I'm scared. If I have to go, I have to go, but scared. That's it.   Kamui Kobayashi voices his own concerns about heading to Bahrain February 20, 2011

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