I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I’d learn German. But my wife didn’t want to live in Germany.

A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.

Women rule our lives, don’t they?

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.