If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.

Ferrari always tries to get the best possible drivers, and my fellow team members have always been highly promising people.

I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore, I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment there is the right time to call it an end.

I think I was five when I had my real first go-kart.

I cant really imagine life without Formula One.

An engineer can look at the data, but he needs a translator from the cockpit - the driver - to understand it completely. For example, only the driver can tell you why he abruptly takes his foot off the gas pedal at a certain point. The data doesn't necessarily tell the engineer whether the driver made a mistake at that point or the car was acting up. The information the driver provides often helps determine the direction of development.

When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going and then you get something back.