Motorsport is all about gaining as much of an advantage as you can and the FIA are there to make sure I don’t gain an advantage over my competitors. Billy Monger Read Quote
It is weird because a lot of people don’t realise, I would struggle for budget. There are moments with the people I work with sit there and think what have we got to do to make people realise that if Billy doesn’t get sponsorship he won’t be racing. Billy Monger Read Quote
Before my accident I had to fund my racing through finding sponsors myself so I am use to it. Obviously at that point I was 15 or 16, knocking on business’s doors going ‘I am a racing driver, a British champion and I want to be in Formula 1, will you give me an amount so I represent your brand’. Billy Monger Read Quote
I am a racing driver and I am not just some guy who has had an accident and gone back to racing because that is what he enjoys. Billy Monger Read Quote
When I’m in the car, if you didn’t know my story and just saw me driving, you wouldn’t know the difference between me and any of the other drivers. I’m just out there competing. Billy Monger Read Quote
I just see myself as a driver. The disability plays a part but I don’t see myself as disabled. Billy Monger Read Quote
I’m happiest when I’m in the car. I don’t have to worry about my A-Levels or my prosthetics or anything. I can just go out there and be me, doing what I’ve always wanted to do. Billy Monger Read Quote
There are more challenges as an amputee than I had when I was racing with both my legs beforehand but it’s something I enjoy doing and something that is part of me. Billy Monger Read Quote
They saved my life but the accident was unavoidable so there was no point feeling sorry for myself. I just wanted to race again. Billy Monger Read Quote
