The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don't know.

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.

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.

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.

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

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.