“People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: ‘We’ll come to Silverstone and have a look how it’s done’, and I tell them to stay away.”

Nico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.

I think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.

I’m a dealer. That’s exactly right. I’m a used car dealer.

I have earned the money and changed the nappies!

Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music – you name it.

You can’t compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and bad points to every era of the sport. I’m not really nostalgic about the past.

If somebody says, “You like putting out fires,” and I say, “It’s not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren’t fires left I make them, so I can put them out.” It’s what we do.

It’d be good for the world if [Donald Trump] won.

I suppose it’s knowing when you’ve come up with an idea that works, when you’ve got it right, whatever it is.

You can’t make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it’s quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.

If you say ‘Good Morning’ in America and it’s five past twelve you end up with a lawsuit.

I am happy that we have somebody like Lewis [Hamilton]. I also couldn’t be like Lewis. I don’t like gold jewelry!

My dad always took to his heels when a nappy change was necessary. I am so much looking forward to our child. It is such a wonderfully exciting time right now.

I think the way I do things would be difficult to teach somebody to do. They need to get another good used car dealer. That’s what they need. Find a good car dealer.

I have no regrets about the amount of work I put into the sport. This is what I needed to do with my life.

I won’t be threatened or intimidated by anyone and I’ve always been prepared to do what is necessary to defend my interests.

I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .

The essence of the enjoyment of a garden is that things should look as though they like to grow in it.

I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you’re an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.

They say either get right or get left, how about I just go forward and never look back.

To me, being Latin is about more than your looks – it’s how you’re brought up.

Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.

I like clean-cut, very proper, very elegant looks.

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.