I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at that moment, but it seems I look miserable. I am not.

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.

It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered.

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas