Formula One Racing Quotes

When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him.

As a British driver, you get compared to Lewis and I get that. But when he came to McLaren, they were doing well and had a championship-winning car. I'm in a very different situation so I don't compare myself to his stats.

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.

The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.

I'm very confident about being on the grid in Australia in 2003.

In December 2005 I had a very good opportunity to test Renault's world championship-winning car at Barcelona, and after 30 laps I was setting really good times, so I know what it's like to drive a really good car.

I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

When you get to an F1 car and after one lap you see the pace is there, it is special emotions and I miss it so much.

As has been the case with Sebastian Vettel, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, we're always going to draw upon the talent pool we have.

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.

It's boring whenever Michael's name has to be said next to mine. But I understand; there have not been too many brothers in formula one.

In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One.

To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it. When you're driving a 750hp machine at 200mph, the noise and the vibrations are incredible. The G-force when you take big corners is like someone trying to rip your head off. You hit the brakes, and it feels as if the skin is being pulled off your body.

It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition.

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.

These new 'hybrid' F1 cars represent an extremely complex project.

I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn't quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.

I was impressed by the braking power an F1 car has.

McLaren were one of the first teams I liked and supported.

Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.

I feel that I'm in good company behind the wheel of the Williams FW08C. It was the first F1 car to be driven by the great Ayrton Senna, and it won the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix.

It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.

I've learned what F1 is like, and it is an extremely competitive sport on and off the track.

The Sauber F1 Team has put its trust in me for 2015, and it makes me proud, as Sauber is known to be one of the best teams in developing young drivers. It will be a great challenge.

Being compared to the best driver in F1 history is the goal you want to achieve, and to have that as my idol and father is very special.