It was not until I started racing for car manufacturers that I found a car I could really get attached to. I am the son of a car dealer, so up until then, cars just came and went.

My motto is to do everything absolutely flat out and to the best of your ability.

As a driver you enjoy winning races and, if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip-and-tuck stuff.

It is hard to be number one, and it is even harder to stay there because everyone is trying to knock you off the top.

What I like is when you can hear the heart and soul of music and can feel the energy coming out of it, because that's what it's like when you drive.

The main factors in terms of how tiring a season can be are governed by the number of races and the length of time between the first and the last.

I have been listening to sport and watching sport on the BBC since I was a tiny boy.

I don't do much driving - about 5,000-6,000 miles a year. And most of that is to the airport and to the racing circuits.

You're my equal. And as much as that means we have each other's backs in public, it also means we that grant each other the gift of honesty - of truth.

No matter how high you climb on the ladder of success, never forget those who helped you when things were very rough in your life.

Somehow everything I own smells of you, and for the tiniest moment it's all not true

Like the fragrance of a flower, our actions reveal the beauty of your life.

History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.

Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day.

I'm always after putting people in extreme circumstances. I'm always after not knowing what I'm doing in those extreme circumstances.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

I love surfing and bodysurfing. I love getting slammed by the waves - that makes me feel alive. The waves are a good reminder that I'm small and fragile.

It's a juggling act. Every time I get going on the album stuff or being musical, acting kicks in and I book a job. It comes down to a money thing.