Race drivers are fiercely competitive animals, and there is often a conflict between what is right for the team and what is right for the individual.
You cannot expect a driver who has just lost a shot at pole position to run around with a smile on his face. You need to accept that he is upset in a different way to how we are upset.
When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
For a driver to be driven by somebody else is an ordeal, for there are only three types of drivers: the too fast, the timid and oneself.
Drivers are not good at having nothing to do.
As a driver, you've always got to believe in your heart that you've got what it takes to win it. You've always got to believe in yourself. You've always got to arrive on the day and believe it can happen. You've always got to believe in the positives.
There are only two types of motorists: the idiots who drive slower than me, and the lunatics who go faster.
There is no recipe for that. Both [Nico Rosenberg and Lewis Hamilton] are very likely equally talented in the car, so the fight between the two happens between the ears - in the head.
I am a racing driver and I am not just some guy who has had an accident and gone back to racing because that is what he enjoys.
If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit.
It's crazy: when it's raining, it makes no sense to me that people drive 10 miles an hour faster than they normally would, but then the other thing that makes no sense is when people drive 30 miles an hour slower than normal.
Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop.
To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear. If it's a wet track, then it's worse as you're not in control most of the time, which is the thing all drivers fear the most.
