What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to learn about losing and having bad races.
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I think the best way is to forget about racing people and just find territory that's fresh.
I have a lot of great racing memories growing up in Europe as a young boy - playing with car parts on my dad's desk, watching the races on Sunday afternoons to try and spot him on TV, even having the chance to go to Formula 1 races where he was working.
I've lost a lot more races than I've ever won... it's all part of the journey, really.
I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.
I sort of set myself really high standards which is good and bad. If I know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of emotional ups and downs and I was never as fit as I would have liked to have been. So I never felt comfortable.
I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.
Things you don't expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can't let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing.
I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.
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