Kevin Magnussen

“I think Stirling Moss represents everything that a racing driver should be and first of all, it's passion.”

“You never reach a point where you feel completely 'ready' - there's always more you can do. But I think every team and driver is going to be feeling uncertain going into the pre-season.”

“I grew up with my mum, so I'm very, very close to her. But I'm close to my dad as well, and we talk about racing a lot, as we share that passion. I guess that's quite normal.”

“I'm a racing driver and I need to race, that's what I do.”

“One of the things that's really struck me at McLaren is just how much influence you have as a driver - I can test something in the simulator, or we can work on something in the cockpit, and they'll really listen to my input and, the next time you get in the sim, or the mock-up car, it's been changed at your recommendation.”

“I think about F1 all the time... it's just my passion.”

“Maybe I am uncompromising on track. The stewards judge whether I'm fair or not, it is my job to extract the most from the rules and circumstances. I admit sometimes I go over the limit but sometimes I don't and I get results.”

“I'm not getting penalised for pushing, I'm penalised for going over the limit of what's legal and what's within the rules.”

“It's no secret that I live in Woking and I go to the MTC every day. So I've spent every available day working - either with my engineers, with the team management, or with the trainers at MTC; building those relationships, getting to grips with the car, the style of driving, the cockpit and control systems, and improving my fitness.”

“I don't like compromises. I will give everything.”

“I don't want to die in a race car.”

“When you put your helmet on and you're in the race, I find that's just everything there is in the world.”

“I don't care what the other drivers think of me. They can say what they want.”

“If you're in P10 and you're getting caught from behind from P11 or the other way round... there's that one point to gain... and there's not really a lot to lose.”

“F1 has been my dream since I was a kid. I am here. That feeling of having achieved that and a step in my life's dream of winning the championship - there is no way I wouldn't work extremely hard - I put the time in.”

“I am living my childhood dream of racing in Formula 1 and I've put my whole life into achieving that dream so it is only natural for me to be giving absolutely everything I've got, to achieve success in racing and the day I no longer do that I will retire from racing immediately.”

“I obviously hope that I can continue my career with McLaren but that might not be possible and if it isn't possible then I need to continue racing.”

“If I had one wish, I would say to be born in the '30s and be young in the '50s and '60s. It hurts my racing heart when I see things so far from what it was back then. I envy those guys so much.”

“I am not aiming to be unpopular. I am aiming to get good results, and sometimes you need to stick your elbows out to get those results.”

“Surely, early in my karting career it was tough because many people were jealous and thinking I had special treatment from the stewards and was getting special treatment. But generally I'm just happy to be a Magnussen.”