Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.

Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with.

I've always been reasonably fatalistic.

Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much.

My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way', ... That's one of the reasons I was so pleased that the boys could do the IAM test as well.