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

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.

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.

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

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

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

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.