Jacques Villeneuve

“I'm a racer at heart more than anything else, and that will always be my priority: competing. But ultimately, if you can't drive, you can still have the competitive spirit outside of a car.”

“I love a lot of high speed turns, turns where you have to push yourself, force yourself to go fast. Then there's something telling your foot to lift off, because it's so fast, and it's impressive when you get that feeling and just drive on.”

“The feeling I got from rallycross was a little bit more of the NASCAR aspect of it; it's a family of races where racing is a passion, and it's not the politics that come with it.”

“If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States.”

“I would rather have racing without computers. The human side is forgotten, and instead of talking over what's happening and just trusting the feel of the driver, the data becomes almost more important.”

“I think it was wrong to take the decision to slow F1 down. It was much better in my day, when it was already a lot safer than it had been in the '70s and '80s, but you could still drive crazy fast.”

“It's sad that you don't see drivers being real people.”

“Ultimately, the best driver will always do something special, whatever the rules and whatever the regulations. Same thing with the teams.”

“I'm a purist, and I love the sport. I loved the '60s and '70s, when the fans even enjoyed the races where only four cars finished, and they were two laps apart.”

“I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.”