The sport would not survive today if drivers were being killed at the rate they were in the 1960s and '70s. It would have been taken off the air. It ….

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen..

Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners..

I am not allowing myself to get carried away..

I have always liked a challenge..

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself..

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage..

If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to….

People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable..

If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my career. I haven't tried to do things in an underhand….

I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas.

I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the….

After you've had Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna as team-mates you don't give a **** who the next bloke is.

I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive….

I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It ….

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me ….

I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at that moment, but it seems I look miserable. I am….

Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down….

It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered..

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog..

If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. T….