In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting.

When I was a kid, I would watch the grands prix. Everyone dreamt of becoming a race driver, while I only started thinking about it when I was 18 or 19. Only at that age did I seriously start thinking about this job. Before then, I would change ideas from one second to the next.

I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.

In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be.

Ha, some days ago the same people were one hundred per cent sure that I'd signed for Red Bull! So much for that.