"I like America, and I think probably the American people like me."

"I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it."

"For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport."

"For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver."

"I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself."

"I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested."