Allan McNish
Allan McNish
Allan McNishis a British former racing driver, commentator, and journalist from Scotland. He is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, most recently in 2013, as well as a three-time winner of the American Le Mans Series, which he last won in 2007. He won the FIA World Endurance Championshipin 2013. He is also a co-commentator and pundit for BBC Formula One coverage on TV, radio and online...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth29 December 1969
numbers race lasts
The main factors in terms of how tiring a season can be are governed by the number of races and the length of time between the first and the last.
heart soul energy
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.
numbers trying harder
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.
sports average law
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.
miles
I don't do much driving - about 5,000-6,000 miles a year. And most of that is to the airport and to the racing circuits.
america car diesel historic potential sports
Today, Audi has showed America the potential of diesel power. This is a historic day for Audi and for sports car racing.
blast car endurance engineers fun great job preparing rhythm trouble
This was the first real endurance test, we encountered trouble but nothing we couldn't overcome. The engineers did a great job preparing for things that could go wrong. The car's rhythm was really good, it was fun to really blast the car around the track.
endurance natural share trouble
We had our share of trouble today, but that's natural in development. This was the first real endurance test. We encountered trouble, but nothing we couldn't overcome.
against problems
It's a little unfortunate. Sometimes we come up against problems.
blast car fun
It was fun to really blast the car around the track.
beyond boundaries element involved natural push zone
We're involved in racing because there's that element of competition. But there's that desire to push yourself beyond the natural comfort zone and the boundaries that are preset if you like, and to be better than the rest.
car waiting ferrari
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.
thinking mirrors texting
I think that texting and driving is a 100 percent no-go. I think it should be banned everywhere because you cannot be focused on looking ahead, in the mirrors, being aware of what's around you, and to type on a small keyboard and a small screen.