I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the bad. You have to accept it both ways.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.

Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.

To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered.

You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.