[talking about the race at Imola circuit] There are no small accidents on this circuit.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

With regard to performance, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Or you do something very well or not at all.

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

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.

And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.

Once you are in it you are in it, you have to go all the way to the end because you commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have absolutely everything. Sometimes you find even more because you require more if you want to stay ahead and you want to win.