That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic.

I'm realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I'm crazy.

Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.

In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.

I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.

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

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

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

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

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

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 long-term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

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

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

Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!