I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.

Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.

I have always liked a challenge.

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.

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

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.

If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.