When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog..

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

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

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..

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 ….

When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way yo….

The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these con….

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

I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car..

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 longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race..

Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would hav….

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 have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't ap….

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

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 spee….

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that….

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good..

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!.