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“It is a dream since a child to drive for the red cars.”
“The atmosphere in Sochi is unusual, in that we are surrounded by the Olympic complex. It is special to compete at a location that has played such a big part in international sporting history, which gives this place a unique feeling.”
“I wake up in the morning thinking about victory, I go to sleep thinking about victory, so sometimes it might be hard. But I need to control myself more and, how can I say it politely? Just shut up instead of speaking on the radio.”
“Nobody believes me, but to be honest the pressure is not something that I feel.”
“In Formula One nothing is easy, but I can feel I'm taking the right steps, that I'm working in the proper way.”
“I just fully focus on myself and the job I do in the car and then I think the results will come.”
“It's very important for me to focus on myself, on the job I have to do on and off the track with the engineers without really thinking about what people expect of me off the track.”
“I like the danger, I like the adrenaline and I need it to race.”
“That first victory, before you get to it, it always seems so far ahead. You're not sure whether you can make it or not. Once you do, obviously it's a relief, but it also helps you to then deal better once you are in the lead of a race.”
“I analyse everything I do and when I see something I don't like I try to find the solution and that's why I'm so hard on myself.”
“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.”
“At the end of the day, it is always better to be a team player.”
“As team-mates, it is difficult to act as a mentor.”
“Since I was a child I've been looking up to Formula One. Dreaming to be a Formula One driver.”
“If you have one driver who only cares about himself then it's not great.”
“I get on well with Italians. Which makes things easier when I meet, for example, my future mechanics at Ferrari.”
“I've done this in karting, to do one track in one way and then do it the other way.”
“There will always be some corners which are challenging and more dangerous than others.”
“When I think about it, it is quite crazy to race against people like Fernando Alonso, when I remember watching him from the balcony in Monaco.”
“What I have always liked about Italians is the way they are serious when they need to be but know how to relax and have a laugh, too.”