It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.

There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.

I think social media really is a great tool. It fascinates me when I tweet something and right away you get a response almost immediately.

The passport changes but the blood doesn't

But really - look at the span of my career, and it's something people dream about. And to be spared major injury: I had some moments along the way, but being able to retire on my own terms after having driven during those decades when safety conditions were more precarious than today - am I lucky, or  what?

If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough