My first car was a stick.
A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.
I think I've lost that ability to slow things down - that ability drivers have to calculate what's coming by you at tremendous speed. I used to have it.
I don't know how to drive a car.
Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have.
I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.
I need to do well and show I'm a worthy driver in F1.
It's like when people talk about driving F1 cars in the rain. I have absolutely no problem with it.
I'm a racing driver and I need to race, that's what I do.
I'm a fast driver.
Cornering is like bringing a woman to a climax. Both you and the car must work together. You start to enter the area of excitement at the corner, you set up a pace which is right for the car and after you've told it it is coming along with you, you guide it along at a rhythm which has by now become natural. Only after you've cleared the corner you can both take pleasure in knowing it's gone well.
I rate myself as a driver, but I think everybody does.
Certainly driving a Ferrari is, at the same time, a dream come true, a huge responsibility and a great honor.
My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
Honestly, I feel nobody can drive a race car better than I can. Driving-wise, I feel like I can out-drive anybody.
The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
Auto racing has been a big part of my life since I was very young. When the car feels right, it's like, 'We've got a big machine.'
I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.
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.
I don't hit it as far as a lot of guys do, so I have to be in the right spot in the fairway to score, and that means driving it well. The two biggest keys for me are to make a good transition and to keep my hands ahead of the clubhead through impact. I want to feel as if my swing is two swings: one going back and another coming down.
The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
When I'm doing longer runs I can be very consistent on the lap times because I know what the car is doing all the time.
I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art.
I've been driving since I was 19 years old.
I'd rather have a driver that was like that, that had that passion and that fire in his belly and you can channel that. The sport's crying out for more drivers like Max Verstappen.
