It's not as easy as that... it's disappointing to think that all these countries spend a lot of money trying to get the Olympics.

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.

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 believe when you say you're going to start a race at 2 p.m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p.m. There's no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It's very simple.

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

Our sport is ruled whether it's for good and bad, or whatever, for technical things. There's lots of teams out there that could and should have done better if they'd have had technical things. I suppose in the end that basically revolves around how much money they're gonna get.

I have always been happy to have daughters rather than sons. You never really can be mad at girls for anything in life.