Jean Alesi Quotes

We are in F1 and we want to fight against the best.

It was a pretty wild ride. The race wasn't bad, but qualifying would take your breath.

I am going to miss that time when you take that corner better than anybody else could have taken it on that lap or you do that great qualifying lap or you make that great pass or you bring a crippled car home.

It's been a big challenge to get into F1.

If you go back many years ago, you could cruise around and build up a big point lead. You cannot cruise around at all. You gotta be on it. And that's what I think people really enjoy. I've always believed that brings out the biggest moments, too. It brings out the driver talent.

Every time I get in the car, I'm just focused on being the fastest, trying to win the race, trying to get pole.

I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate.

I just try to go out there and be who I am and compete and bring home as many trophies as I can. That's what being a race car driver is all about and that's why I do what I do.

By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th. I race to win as long as I feel it's possible. Sometimes you get it wrong? Sure, it's impossible to get it right all the time. But I race designed to win, as long as I feel I'm doing it right.

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

As a driver, you want to race every lap possible, especially when you've got a good car.

To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.

I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

My focus is definitely on the racing.

When you're in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.

I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive.

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

My idea is to win all the iconic motor sport races in the world.

When you go out on the field, you don't go out to make friends... I play to win the game and not just to compete.

I'd rather walk off the park with two goals instead of one.

The opponent has the chance to win the match, and I have a chance to win the match. It's open, and I have just to do everything I can there.

I think Formula One is extremely difficult, obviously, and it's the best drivers in the world so it's not easy to jump in and be on your top level immediately.

It's easy to get into the competition of F1, and you are never going to win every race even though you want to. So when you're not winning, you want to win, so you're not that happy. But you have to look at the big perspective, and I am very fortunate to be one of 22 in the world to do this.