By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win.

It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.

When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise.

You commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, everything, absolutely everything.

I believe if you are doing something like competing, like motor racing, you either do well or forget it.

It's important that the drivers stay together, because in difficult moments we have each other. If we are not together the financial and political interests of the organisers and constructors come to the fore.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere