“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 have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success.

You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.

I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.

My husband always felt that a marriage and career don’t mix. That’s why he’s never worked.

You also have to research your competition.

We are also a company that understands community.

My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.

The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.

I grew up being an artist, but also rock-climbing and traveling the world and teaching my kids.