I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.

If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.

It was like I was in a tunnel. Not only the tunnel under the hotel but the whole circuit was a tunnel. I was just going and going, more and more and more and more. I was way over the limit but still able to find even more.

We are made of emotions, we are all looking for emotions, it's only a question of finding the way to experience them.

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

The past is just data. I only see the future.

I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breath taking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to like it most.