“I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn’t understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.”

So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.

I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.

You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.

I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.

It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.

People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.

When I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

If I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.

Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.

I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.

I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.

A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.

So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they’ve spent time in and around the ocean, and they’ve personally seen the beauty.

Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.

I’ve met some Evertonians in the street, and they’ve been friendly. I’ve had taxi drivers who have been Everton fans. They’ve been really nice.

Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

As far as I’m concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road.

I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.

The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I don’t have the chance any more to change my image as an F1 driver.