'To drive fearlessly to win…'

By craig lock on July 26, 2024

"To drive fearlessly to win is to win another race – the race against fear –
(trophies themselves are but symbols to delight old age);
To challenge your fellow man in peaceful pursuit
Of courage is the epitome of courage;
To lose the race with grace is the embodiment of grace itself.
To triumph is to achieve glory
But glory is empty without the overthrow of fear, the acquisition
Of courage, of grace –
For the possession of these is the true glory.
Good breeding is displayed in the ability to lose well
And is primarily engendered by respect:
Respect is created by the acknowledgement not of the other man's shortcomings or faults
But essentially the acknowledgement of his virtues –
For without virtue
What is man – be he on the track challenging the fates,
Or on a bed of sleep?"

L.F.
(from the 'International Grand Prix Book of Motor Racing' (Edited by Michael Frewin and first published by Leslie Frewin

Thanks so much for the great gift, dad

RIP

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"You think you have a limit. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high."

– Ayrton Senna

'To drive fearlessly to win…'

"Look across all sport and observe the truly great. All had this zest for combat, this taste for being truly tested…at the very highest level."