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186
“There was an ugly scene
”: Cahier,
F-Stops, Pit Stops, Laughter and Tears
, 186.

186
“He said I would always have friends
”: “Mistress of the Maestro of Maranello,”
Guardian
(UK), January 23, 2004.

186
“He was a constructor of cars
”: Breschi,
Il mio Ferrari
, 45.

187
“One day I arrived at the factory
”: Cahier,
F-Stops, Pit Stops, Laughter and Tears
, 186.

187
“was not satisfied with the information
”: Breschi,
Il mio Ferrari
, 52.

187
“They built up such a mystique
”: Grayson,
Ferrari: The Man, the Machines
, 222.

188
“made his mark and fame right there
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

188
“Peter was a fun-loving and happy human being
”: Louise King, interview with author, July 29, 2009.

189
“He is one that won't die
”: Mike Hawthorn,
Champion Year: My Battle for the Drivers' World Title
(London: Aston, 1959), 147.

190
“I had no idea what had happened
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 335.

190
“Mike came back to the pits
”: Louise King, interview with author, July 29, 2009.

191
“I said that's enough
”: Ibid.

191
“The doctor pulled back the sheet
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 336.

192
“an understood but unacknowledged waiting
”: Ed McDonough,
Peter Collins: All About the Boy
(Coventry, UK: Mercian, 2008), 312.

192
“I do remember sitting
”: Denise McCluggage,
By Brooks Too Broad for Leaping
(Santa Fe, NM: Fulcorte, 1994) 203.

192
“I had to throw the car sideways
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 336.

193
“A number of motor sport experts
”: “Peter Collins: For What?”
Die Welt
, August 5, 1958.

193
“almost every big-time driver
”: Ibid.

193
“This is not a sport
”: “After Collins, There Are Only Seven,”
Die Welt
, August 9, 1958.

194
“I hope that your article helps
”: Ibid.

194
“That we race cannot be explained
”: “Therefore I Must Race On!”
Bild
, August 28, 1958.

195
“Ferrari wept at my bedside
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 339.

196
“The Vanwalls are built really high
”: Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 269.

197
“Von Trips must have been totally crazy
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

197
“I felt something like a funny bone
”: Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 269.

197
“What are you thinking?
”: Helmut Mauser to Wolfgang von Trips, in ibid., 270.

197
“You have the ability to love
”: A girlfriend to Wolfgang von Trips, as quoted in ibid., 271.

198
“I'm not amused
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

201
“We drivers of the Scuderia family
”: Wolfgang von Trips to Enzo Ferrari, 1959, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 278.

203
“The racetrack had its own aristocracy
”: Taki Theodoracopulos, interview with author, February 24, 2010.

203
“The racer is happier, luckier
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

204
“If your daredevil spirit knows no end
”: Huschke von Hanstein, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 274.

204
“The young ladies can rest assured
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

204
“We've seen a lot of great moments
”: Ibid.

205
“Only those who do not move
”: “Too Slow, You Lose—Too Fast . . . ,”
Newsweek
, July 17, 1961.

206
“We abandoned this man to his despair
”: Richard Williams,
Enzo Ferrari
(London: Yellow Jersey Press, 2001), 213.

206
“I remain best of friends
”: Wolfgang von Trips responding to a fan letter, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 302.

207
“Wolfgang was once an erratic driver
”: Hermann Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
(Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1962), 118, citing UK journalist Louis Stanley.

209
“Speed is the keynote of our age
”: “Racing Is a Vice,”
Sports Illustrated
, May 13, 1957.

211
“It's always been the ox
”: Richard Williams,
Enzo Ferrari
(London: Yellow Jersey Press, 2001), 96.

212
“He was unwilling for us to try
”: Oscar Orefici,
Carlo Chiti: Roaring Sinfonia
(Milan: Giorgio NADA, 2003), 28.

213
“structure is slow and cumbersome
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

213
“Who do you think you are
”: Ibid.

214
“Ferrari had agreed to try
”: Orefici,
Carlo Chiti: Roaring Sinfonia
, 36.

215
“I'm always afraid when I race
”: “Phil Hill and the Coast Crowd,”
Time
, March 16, 1959.

215
“Oh, I'm sorry
”: “The Other Hill,”
Time
, September 28, 1962.

216
“I'm nobody
”: Robert Daley,
Cars at Speed
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2007) 230.

216
“The tension was excruciating
”: Stan Grayson,
Ferrari: The Man, the Machines
(New York: Dutton, 1975), 230.

219
“Guess where I've been
”: Reinold Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
(Cologne, Greven Verlag, 1989), 337.

220
“I've just unpacked your Christmas present
”: Wolfgang von Trips to Huschke von Hanstein, 1961, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 337.

221
“This is Hill's year
”: “Too Slow, You Lose—Too Fast . . . ,”
Newsweek
, July 17, 1961.

222
“There was always an uncomfortable feeling
”: Ed McDonough,
Ferrari 156 Sharknose
(Coventry, UK: Mercian, 2007), 5.

222
“I like to feel the odds are against me
”: “Without Danger, What's the Point?”
New York Times
, May 7, 1961.

223
“The mechanic said
”: Stirling Moss, interview with author, October 25, 2008.

223
“It gave me great pleasure
”: Ibid.

223
“similar to seeing which is quickest
”: Doug Nye,
The Autocourse History of the Grand Prix Car, 1945-65
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 1993), 119.

224
“To go flat-out through a bend
”: Stirling Moss,
All but My Life
(New York: Dutton, 1963), 65.

225
“It was a typical piece of Ferrari meddling
”: Oscar Orefici,
Carlo Chiti: Roaring Sinfonia
(Milan: Giorgio NADA, 2003), 36.

227
“What I remember about that race
”: John Lamm,
Ferrari: Stories from Those Who Lived the Legend
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2007), 134.

227
“It was rather like a fighter plane
”: “XIX Grand Prix of Monaco: What a Race!”
Motor Sport
, June 1961.

227
“Richie was going much faster
”: Bud Palmer, “Grand Prix de Monaco,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5gZbrRe_E&NR=1
.

227
“It's much easier to chase a man
”: Ibid.

228
“The last few laps I stopped watching
”: Moss,
All but My Life
, 66.

228
“At Monaco in 1961
”: Ibid., 65.

229
“Until I saw the checkered flag
”: Bud Palmer, “Grand Prix de Monaco,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5gZbrRe_E&NR=1
.

229
“my greatest drive
”: Stirling Moss,
Stirling Moss: My Cars, My Career
(Wellingborough, UK: P. Stephens, 1987), 240.

229
“Embracing him, it seemed to me
”: Franco Gozzi,
Memoirs of Enzo Ferrari's Lieutenant
(Milano: Giorgi Nada, 2002), 71.

230
“No, not even worth discussing
”: Orefici,
Carlo Chiti: Roaring Sinfonia
, 39.

230
“Do you as you like then
”: “Confidential,”
Motor Racing
, July 1961.

231
“calm his palpitating heart
”: Ibid.

231
“Push that thing away
”: William Nolan,
Phil Hill: Yankee Champion
(New York: G. P. Putnam, 1962), 181.

231
“all arms and elbows
”: Lamm,
Ferrari: Stories from Those Who Lived the Legend
, 134.

231
“I was going around oversteering
”: Tim Considine,
American Grand Prix Racing
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 1997), 86.

232
“They just didn't want us ripping each other up
”: Ibid., 87.

232
“It was a big day for him
”: Hermann Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
(Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1962), 19.

233
“Trips wanted it very much
”: Nolan,
Phil Hill: Yankee Champion
, 189.

234
“more of a joke than a race
”: “Hill Scores in Belgian Grand Prix,”
New York Times
, June 19, 1961.

234
“a guilty surge of pleasure
”: Pat Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
(New York: Persea, 2008), 207.

234
“God, my car was clearly superior
”: Considine,
American Grand Prix Racing
, 88.

234
“I didn't really want to
”: Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
, 207.

234
“take it around
”: Considine,
American Grand Prix Racing
, 89.

235
“I really let it all hang out
”: Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
, 208.

236
“driving on a spill of ball bearings
”: Stan Grayson,
Ferrari: The Man, the Machines
(New York: Dutton, 1975), 203.

236
“I was drinking blood for about five laps
”: Denise McCluggage,
By Brooks Too Broad for Leaping
(Santa Fe, NM: Fulcorte, 1994), 120.

237
“My golden opportunity
”: Grayson,
Ferrari: The Man, the Machines
, 230.

240
“A few years earlier
”: Ibid., 231.

240
“Sometimes I lost my Ferrari
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 63–70.

241
“Suddenly I saw the eyes
”: Ibid.

241
“the highest test, the high wire
”: Ibid.

242
“As I had feared
”: “A Champion's Secret Thoughts,”
Sports Illustrated
, November 6, 1961.

242
“All year long it was him or me
”: “Phil Hill: Formula One Racing Driver Who Won the 1961 World Title,”
Independent
(UK), August 30, 2008.

243
“I was very aware of staying within my limits
”: Phil Hill,
Phil Hill: A Driving Life
(Phoenix: David Bull, 2010), 183.

243
“passed around the officers' club
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 9–16.

243
“There was a green splash of color in the pits
”: Ibid.

244
“About 30 seconds later
”: Ibid.

245
“I guessed as much
”: Xavier Chimitz et al.,
Grand Prix Racers: Portraits of Speed
(Minneapolis: Motorbooks International, 2008) 14.

245
“I noticed that I had slowly but surely fallen
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 18–29.

245
“sometimes it's just too much
”: Ibid.

246
“Von Trips is to win here
”: “Hill Rejects ‘Orders' to Lose,”
New York Times
, August 6, 1961.

246
“Ferrari can make all the decisions he wants to
”: Ibid.

247
“starry-eyedand trembling
”: McDonough,
Ferrari 156 Sharknose
, 92.

247
“freak
”: Ibid.

247
“Out of the car he seems colder
”: “Hill Rejects ‘Orders' to Lose,”
New York Times
, August 6, 1961.