I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

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

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

I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.

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.