Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!

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.

I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

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.

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

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