I simply scraped together all my experience and put it into the sport.

I won't be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I've always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.

You might have asked [about skill] of an artist or a musician or whatever... but with me it just happens.

But when it comes to F1 I am a huge Lewis [Hamilton] fan because he is a super promoter of the sport. From a pure business aspect - sorry Nico if I have to say this - you are not so good for my business.

You have to hope that your opponents are unlucky. Never only rely on your own luck.

[Maurizio Arrivabene is quite a character] but only for himself and not for Formula One.

Let's be realistic about that. I think Mercedes when it started the engine [development] didn't have a budget. It spent. And then lots of teams don't and can't. I mean Red Bull, for example, that won four world championships, didn't know the word "budget", and it's a case that it hadn't got the ability to have the engine that it should have had. Because somebody else [Mercedes] had the engine, wouldn't let them have it, because they didn't want competition.