Felipe Massa Quotes

My ambition is to one day be in Formula 1 and hopefully become world champion.

I would like it to be remembered; I would love to be World Champion one day and have my name on the list. That is the real dream - although I am sure it is the dream for pretty much all the Formula 1 drivers.

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

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.

My time at Honda was amazing. Some of my best times in Formula One, actually. I might not have won races, just one race, but I had a lot of fun.

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

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

To be completely honest, I am obsessed with Formula 1 so in the off-season I would like to have just a few more races to still race in F1.

I would love to do a one-off race somewhere - NASCAR would be awesome.

As a child, I always wanted to be a race car pilot.

Even though I had won in other categories, I didn't have any expectations when I came into F1. Qualifying fifth, finishing sixth? I didn't expect it.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.

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.

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

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

My first memory of motor racing - I think it was just attending a go kart race.

The drivers are the stars; the drivers are the heroes.

It was always a dream for me to come to Jordan. Of course I want to be back in Formula One.

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

We are not here for political reasons, we are here for sport, to fight for positions. That's the good thing about Formula One.

I'm a racing driver and I need to race, that's what I do.

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.

It would be quite good to be a Formula 1 racecar driver.