Rubens Barrichello Quotes

I want to win a championship and to win the Indy 500 makes me want it so much more.

As a driver, you always dream of winning a F1 race, and to win so early on in my career was very special.

How many points, how many races you can win, how many times you be on the podium. That's the name of the game.

As a Formula One driver, you dream about winning your first race all your life. I am desperate to know what it feels like.

I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I'd actually done it. It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.

So many people have that story as to how they could have maybe won the Indy 500, which is for me the ultimate goal. I would imagine for a lot of people it's the ultimate goal. It's definitely high up on the list.

All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I'm very proud to be the first winner here in India.

The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.

The day that arrives the first victory or the first win for McLaren-Honda will be a massive achievement for all of us.

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

I have to say it was a very good start, a very good first season. I enjoyed it a lot, scored good points and gained a lot of experience.

If I ever won the Indy 500, I can tell you that I wouldn't worry about my engine, that's for sure.

I will do everything I can to bring the Number One to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.

I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.

I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world title - in karting, I finished third at Le Mans; that hurt because it was very close, but then in Formula One there wasn't really an opportunity to finally crack it, so it's third time lucky.

You arrive at Formula One being very skeptical, how far can your talent deal with all this, and then you understand those guys are human and pretty reasonable, and finally succeeding in winning your first race, in circumstance as such, it was just an amazing moment.

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

Racing is what I love, so it's pretty simple. I want to keep doing it and keep winning.

By 2002 we might be championship challengers. But I want to race fast. I want to become world champion myself.

Obviously being third in the Formula 1 world championship would be crazy.

I just want to win a world title - that's the main objective and whether it happens at Windsor or whether it happens in America it doesn't matter.

Obviously it's always special having that first championship, but when you can go out and you're a car to beat every week, I think that's what classifies a great year.

The day I do get a championship-winning car, I will run with it. I will capitalise on every part of that beautiful thing.

I have fans rooting for me, all the other drivers in the midfield have fans rooting for them, and they never get to see that driver fighting for wins. Of course it would be a lot better if you had a broader range of drivers who were in the fight for wins.

There's no better place to be on the podium than here at Monza.