The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.

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.

I've always been reasonably fatalistic.

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 been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.

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.