Jean Alesi Quotes

As soon as it rains, I am very good, very, very competitive; when the track dries it is not so easy.

The fast, flowing parts, the high-speed corners, that's where a Formula One car is at its best - changes of direction, pulling high g-forces left and right.

When I started go-karting at the age of six, I always dreamt of becoming a Formula One driver.

They say Formula One is a market which it can't be, obviously. Our market is independent, it's a sport.

F1 teams need a driver who will consistently set lap times that are 100 percent on the edge.

Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.

One of my greatest pleasures in motor racing is qualifying. You have loads of freedom from pushing a lap the whole way. I've always been very good in qualifying in the past; everything I've done, I've got pole positions.

You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.

In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their early seasons in second-rate machinery, Hamilton walked into the equal best car on the grid. His first season none the less has, by any standards, been extraordinary.

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

You never really know how quick you are before you reach F1.

We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well.

Formula one is very one-dimensional in terms of what we do in the cockpit.

The heart of Ferrari is winning in F1. I don't want to see our drivers in 7th and 12th place.

Ayrton and I shared a lot of incredible races, where he was first and I was second and vice-versa. I think it's fair to say I am the only racer in Grand Prix history who wasn't intimidated by him, and I think that was great for the fans - it did make us have a few close calls, though!

I think Formula One is - there's a lot of differences from track to track, grip levels, tyre compound, so you always have to press the reset button and work from scratch again.

Formula One cars are very difficult to drive, and we need all of our skills.

It's true that Ferrari and Monaco are the two most important things to F1.

It was always a dream for me to come to Jordan. Of course I want to be back in Formula One.

I think I did a pretty good job - particularly when I was racing with Hakkinen. It was maybe the first time that I have been challenging with the big boys, and I really enjoyed it.

It's all very well to talk about how it would be great to have a woman driver, a woman with sponsors and marketing, that's all great but to get into that drive you have to perform. That's what I realized early on when I got into Formula One.

Suzuka is a nice circuit.

We always see that the gaps in qualifying are surprisingly close but then in the race suddenly it is like a second or something.

Weight is crucial and it is very beneficial - if you have spare weight in Formula One that is powerful performance.

When I entered Formula One in 2002 basically all I had was my talent, but now I also have the technical knowledge which enables me, together with my engineers, to fully exploit the potential of the car.