When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him.
My big ambition was to be Richard Petty.
When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him. And he's still very present on TV because he's commenting for Formula One.
I started off riding motorbikes and at that point my hero was Valentino Rossi.
Well, when you think of Dale Earnhardt, you think of determination. You think of grit. Just a blue-collar, working-class guy that got out there and fought for the checkered flag and fought hard for it. And I got so much out of him. He inspired me.
Ayrton Senna is the Pele of F1 for me. He is the number one for us Brazilians so he left a huge impact on me.
I think Stirling Moss represents everything that a racing driver should be and first of all, it's passion.
