Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.
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You can’t always say what you’d like to say.
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You can’t change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
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I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I’d actually done it.
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When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don’t even think about that.
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There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It’s like a rush, I really enjoy that.
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I come from an ordinary family – my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker – and we’ve always loved racing together.
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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.
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All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I’m very proud to be the first winner here in India.
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Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty.
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Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.
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I remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool – ‘Oh yeah, I’m fine, I’m on top of this’ – but I was completely lost.
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When I went into the last lap I was regretting a bit that it was over. I was enjoying again the first sector for the last time.
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I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day.
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So, even though people don’t have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that.
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All these nice people saying I’m going to be world champion won’t make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.
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Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.
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I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.
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There are some things that you can fulfil with money, but at the end of the day these are not the things that make you happy. It is the small things that make life good.
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Generally I don’t care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself.
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I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.
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It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.
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When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
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Of course, you always give 100 percent, but at a home race you’re always more motivated, simply because you feel at home.
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Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment.
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Simply fantastic this circuit, and if you get 53 laps more, you appreciate it even more. It’s made by God’s hands.
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I don’t care what other people think as long as I am happy.
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