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

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 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.

Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

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

If you think I'm fast, just wait until you see my nephew Bruno.

When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise.

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.

Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.

Fear is exciting for me.