I see myself as a classic middle market entrepreneur, and this is the role I fulfil.

If you are for a long time at the top you've basically achieved everything you wanted to. Then the ball's breaking stuff starts to be too much: it's not what you do in the car, it's what you do outside the car - the press conferences, the interviews, the sponsorship commitments, the marketing appearances - that sadly go up to a level that the whole package, including the risks you take, the workload you do to get the car to work and for you to be quick in the races, it becomes too much.

Jean Todt's system will never succeed, not even with Michael Schumacher.

My experience enables me to select the very best pilots in the market.

I see myself as the mind of the business which takes care of every last detail; if you do not do this you cannot be fast enough.

A lot of people criticize Formula 1 as an unnecessary risk. But what would life be like if we only did what is necessary?

From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks conclusions can be drawn. That goes for your private life as well as your career.