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

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

In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.

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.

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

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

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