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.

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.

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

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

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.

You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.