Fernando Alonso

My idea is to win all the iconic motor sport races in the world.

It is difficult to take in how long you have been doing one thing when you compete at the highest level and always with the highest intensity.

When I take go-karts out with my friends, it's a disaster normally. But in the race car, I'm calm because they pay me to do this, and I have to be professional.

My parents are very similar to me.

I would not be happy if I had many trophies at home and people think I don't deserve them.

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

After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for 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. It's very nice if you win, but it's not so good if you lose. All this is part of being a Ferrari driver.

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

Ferrari gives you a special feeling.

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.

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 am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.

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

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

In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One.

The Triple Crown is an attractive target because it is so difficult to achieve.

I am one of the best to have raced in F1. I am probably not fastest in qualifying, or the wet, but I am 9.5 in all areas. I try to benefit from that.

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.

I am very proud to be part of this team, and I know that winning with Ferrari will mean more than winning with another team.