When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.

I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.

That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.

Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.

It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn't understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.