Having competed themselves, my father and my uncle are very passionate about motorsport, so I inherited it from them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.
I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.
I've loved car racing all my life. I watch NASCAR regularly, and drag racing because we have Raceway Park in New Jersey. I think I got it from my father.
Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego.
I love racing and I love doing well.
I've decided to retire from top class racing. It has been an incredible experience and has provided with me some unforgettable moments.
My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.
I felt deeply loved, highly respected by my colleagues and everybody in the world of motorsport.
My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.
Since I was kid, what's drawn me to racing is the feeling inside of me, the passion I have for the sport, the feeling I have while competing and doing what I do in a car, on a bike, whatever it's been.