Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.

In my day it was 75 percent car and mechanic, 25 percent driver and luck. Today it's 95 percent car.

There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something is, the greater the attraction that comes from it.

Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.