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

I've always been reasonably fatalistic.

The first race is really just something that we will all need to get through. Until people see the cars in action I don't think they will understand how quick they will be, which means they are going to be tiring to drive.

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 tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.

The hunger and desire to go racing, however, never leaves your blood but the right opportunity has never really come along - until now that is.

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