Probably when I gave things to Slavica [ Ecclestone], you know the shares of the company, and things like that. And she put it all in trust and the trust sold the shares. Um, would I turn the clock back if I could and so I still owned the company completely? Probably yes. It probably wasn't a good decision, but it was the decision that had to be made. Was I happy that I made it? No.

You can't compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I'm not really nostalgic about the past.

Don't forget I started looking at China a long time before any of those races happened. I always thought go east, not west.

I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist.

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

I was delighted with Baku. People said I was completely mad; I was so happy when it all turned out all right.

Before they go to the race, people want to think four or five guys could win, but now... Normally you'd say, "One of those two, and I think it's going to be Lewis [Hamiltom]," because that's what had been proved up to now - thank God that Nico [Rosberg] has won some races.