There was very little opportunity to carry on in Formula 1. My goal was to get on to the starting grid and that didn't look achievable.
That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.
I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.
I want to be up front racing.
Every racing driver in the world dreams of making it to F1, there's only 22 spots on the grid.
When you only qualify in 18th position, you have to take your chance off the grid.
In my time in F1, I never doubted I could be successful. I sadly never made it on to the starting grid of an F1 race, but during testing I completed a race distance.
It's good to get a good lap and get pole.
My progression into F1 came to represent so much more than a racing driver simply trying to reach the pinnacle of the sport. It was also the hope that finally there may again be a female on the starting grid.
