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I Need To Develop A Car And Engineer A Car In A Position That Feels Comfortable For Me, And I Don't Think Anyone Can Do A Better Job Than I Can In That Position. The Problem For Me Is If I Can't Get The Car There I Do Struggle More Than Some.

My School Reports Always Used To Point Out That My Concentration Levels Were Appalling. I Never Listened In Class Because I Was Always Daydreaming About Racing. I Never Thought For A Moment About Doing Anything Else. There Was No Guarantee That I'd Make A Career In It But I Never Had Any Plan B.

To Understand The Intensity Of Driving An F1 Car, You Have To Be In It. When You're Driving A 750hp Machine At 320km/h, The Noise And The Vibrations Are Incredible. The G-force When You Take Big Corners Is Like Someone Trying To Rip Your Head Off. You Hit The Brakes, And It Feels As If The Skin Is Being Pulled Off Your Body.

I Think Social Networks Are Really Working For The Drivers, Because We're Able To Talk Directly To Fans And They Get First-hand Information. And I Think It's Great For The Partners As Well And The Businesses That Are Involved In Formula One.

We All Drive Differently And Have Different Styles. For Me I Need A Car I Can Develop Beneath Me And Feel Comfortable In. If The Car Feels Neutral And Unbalanced It Doesn't Work For Me.