“These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.”

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

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

“I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.”

“And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.”

“I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.”

“I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.”