When all shoot at one mark, the gods join in the combat.
There's so much more power, so you're short-shifting all the way down into fifth, sixth, seventh before you can get the full throttle. But great fun otherwise.
It is actually quite exciting when you're flying headfirst into a barrier — the initial part, the initial part is actually quite fun, especially when you hit the gravel trap and you get some air, and then you see it coming and you think 'erk — it's gonna hurt!'
We have 21 races in the year and Monaco is the one that you want to win.
Nothing can really prepare you for when you get in the Formula One car. Knowing that you're driving a multimillion-dollar car, and if you crash it it's going to cost a lot of money, and they might not give you another chance, is scary.
Michael [Schumacher] was a phenomenal driver but for me, Ayrton Senna was the greatest ever. If I could get one world championship that would be great; if I could win three, the same number as Ayrton did, that would be a dream. But I want to be the best driver there has ever been.
I always thought, if I can affect one kid and help him or her fulfil their dreams, that would be kinda neat, so I want to ensure that I'm remembered in a good way.
Fiction, poetry, music. . . these are the places (for me) where loneliness is countenanced, stared down, transfigured, treated.
There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream.
If to be old is not to be wise, then it is simply to be obsolete.
Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.