Fernando Alonso Quotes

After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.

I thought I would be a go-kart mechanic - not an F1 driver

I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.

McLaren was a risky project because they were completely new, but we are one team - we win and we lose together.

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit.

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.

This is a fantastic fight for the championship. I'm really confident and believe we can do it.

I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it.

I like to race, not to do laps alone.

It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.

For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.

Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring.