I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.

I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.

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.

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

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.

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

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