Romain Grosjean Quotes

To have a home Grand Prix is awesome, so just to go there is already a buzz.

I never really knew what fine cuisine was when I was a little boy in Canada. For me, Italian food was 'Kraft Dinner' or pizza. When I moved to New York, that's when I discovered all the Italian food.

Eataly is the greatest - it's like food galore there. They have all of these little stations, like a pasta area and a pizza area. And they have the best gelato.

Silverstone is challenging, but it has a good feel. It's one of the quickest tracks of the year, with legendary corners like the Magotts, Becketts, Chapel complex.

America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden.

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.

I like to eat pizza and spaghetti pomodoro, and I'm crazy for dessert. I like all of them: cassata, cheesecake, biscuits.

I spent my whole childhood watching open-wheel racing. I spent years going to England and racing open wheel, coming back and racing open wheel. It's been my world for 20 years and beyond that. For almost my whole life, I've been watching it. I watch it and I think I know how to do it.

After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating, I found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling.

There's nothing more romantic than Italian food.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

Italian food is my favorite food. It's the most sophisticated eating system.

I spent many years in Italy, I've lived just 5km away from the track and the Monza atmosphere is very special.

I think I did a pretty good job - particularly when I was racing with Hakkinen. It was maybe the first time that I have been challenging with the big boys, and I really enjoyed it.

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

I know the Paul Ricard track from when I drove in Formula 3.

When I think about it, it is quite crazy to race against people like Fernando Alonso, when I remember watching him from the balcony in Monaco.

I can't imagine voluntarily standing beside an F1 track in the rain, watching motorised wedges plastered in corporate decals zooming past at 500mph.

I used to watch MotoGP quite a bit, I liked MotoGP. I had a motorbike before I had a go-kart and before I had a motorbike I had a quad bike but I was too dangerous, and before I did quad biking I did horse riding, so it's been a long journey.

It's fascinating to travel around Italy and realize just how many different ways they make spaghetti.

I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time.

The Spa-Francorchamps circuit has a special place in my heart.

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.'

The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.

I'm pretty excited to be racing for Williams. They're real racers.