Felipe Massa Quotes

Williams is one of the big names in F1 with a really strong pedigree, so it is an honour to be driving for them.

That was my dream, to drive for Ferrari, but I am not a kid any more. If Ferrari is the best team and if I get the chance to drive for Ferrari, it would be with pleasure.

I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.

I'd like to thank the management at Force India for giving me the chance to return to Formula One as a team driver.

My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming.

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.

To be announced as a race driver for McLaren is a dream come true.

I'm a huge fan of Ayrton Senna and the color scheme of the old McLarens.

Since I was a child I've been looking up to Formula One. Dreaming to be a Formula One driver.

I feel very honoured to be joining the Ferrari family and becoming a part of the most prestigious team in the history of Formula One.

We've always said that it doesn't say 'Daniel Ricciardo Racing' or 'Max Verstappen Racing' - it says Red Bull Racing.

Jules Bianchi was my racing godfather, and he spoke a lot to Ferrari about me.

My return is not about seeing Formula One as the best option, but is about seeing the role at Williams as the best option. I would not have returned for any other team.

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.

Being team-mate to Michael Schumacher at Benetton in my first year of Formula One was certainly a high pressure situation.

As a racing driver, everything you do is to get to Formula 1 and one day it stops.

I am very pleased to be back in F1 and to have signed to drive for Minardi.

I'm loving my role as a McLaren Young Driver, spending time in the simulator at the McLaren Technology Centre and attending some Grands Prix with the team.

When I go to small races in Denmark, it's what I imagined what F1 would have been like back in the 60s and 70s. After the 70s it became a bit different. But 50s and 60s at least, people were only there because they love it.

I turned away from bikes when I got a bambino kart for my seventh birthday and started doing some karting, just around some cones at home, but I didn't think at that point I knew I wanted to go into F1, it was more just for fun.

I can prove my worth and hopefully get a drive in LMP1 with a constructor in the future.

It's been 23 years since the last Swede in Formula One, so for me to be the next F1 driver at all these races around the world has been amazing.

I won Formula Four. I went to New Zealand and won the Toyota Racing Series. I won the F3 European championship in 2016.

The debut season in F1 is obviously very tough but it's been OK. The aim for me is to stay in Formula One for many years and that's what we're working at doing at the moment.