Carlos Sainz Jr. Quotes

I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.

It's all very well to talk about how it would be great to have a woman driver, a woman with sponsors and marketing, that's all great but to get into that drive you have to perform. That's what I realized early on when I got into Formula One.

When I first climbed into a go-kart, aged 13, I thought to myself: 'This is what I want to do with my life, and I want to drive F1.'

My career in racing started at a very young age in California.

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.

If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.

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

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

Mercedes and Ferrari fear Red Bull more than any other team because they know the potency and capability that we have.

I was fascinated by racing as a kid, but no way would I have thought I'd make it into Formula One from here, from being from Perth, racing on little local go-kart tracks, you know.

For me, I have a chance to race in F1, a chance I did not think I would have.

I would love to drive a MotoGP but I'm not sure Ferrari agrees.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

I think 19 years, what I've done, you see nowadays people get there with money and so on, but they last one or two years. To be able to have lasted that long, it's still impressive for me. I had a blast being a Formula 1 driver.

I believe I have earned my shot in F1. I have won F3, and we all know F3 is a very high level.

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

I started racing at club level, then the Scottish championship, then the British championship, then the European, then the Worlds. I went through all the various ranks. I spent a good ten years doing karting.

If you no longer have the view of winning in F1, then you should consider something else.

Red Bull doesn't get the credit it deserves. Neither Buemi nor Alguersuari would have progressed through the junior ranks - let's not forget Alguersuari won the British Formula Three championship - without the support.

My goals in the future is to not just be in Formula 1. I want to be really successful, World Champion, though I guess this is like everyone! But that is what I'm targeting.

Already in go-karts, I said, 'OK, that's what I really want to do professionally as a career, as a job.'

When I decided to stop as a racing driver in 2015, I knew I wanted to continue with the challenge of competitive motorsport.

This is what I have always done in my life, just racing and driving cars and go-karts fast.

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

A lot of things happen in a difficult way inside Ferrari in terms of pressure.