The only place that matters is first.

In general, the spotlight has been on me.

As a driver, I will always be the same guy.

I just want to do the best I can every time.

You always want to do better than last year.

The world championship is what I am here for.

Mistakes happen, and they happen to the best of us.

In the end, I think in F1 it is very hard for a girl.

To be honest, I never compare myself with the rookies.

I grew up going to race rings, and I really enjoyed it.

If you are not allowed to defend, what's racing about, then?

I think you can improve on everything; you're never perfect.

I don't need people shouting at me to tell me what I did wrong.

To be honest, it doesn't matter who is next to me in whatever team.

That's what I enjoy, always driving on the limit of what you can do.

You always have to believe in yourself, and I had that from karting.

For me, it doesn't matter if you are fighting a world champion or not.

I tell my engineers that they should not overload me with information.

You have to be patient: trust the team, that they can deliver a good job.

I get really tired of all the comments saying I should change my approach.

I did like history. I was always quite interested and got good grades as well.

My first memory of motor racing - I think it was just attending a go kart race.

Some drivers are like that. When they get a bit angry, they can perform better.

I say what I think, and if somebody attacks me unfairly, I definitely tell them.

I've raced at the Hungaroring in Formula 3, and it's a bit of a Mickey Mouse track.

I can't thank all the people at Scuderia Toro Rosso enough for all their hard work.

I want to rely on my gut feeling. Isn't that what made great race drivers in the end?

I was never Mad Max. I was just Max who was trying to get the best result for the team.

I always wanted to be a racing driver. Even if it was not F1, it would be something else.

I think it's always better to be in an F1 car because, in general, the car behaves itself.

I'm normally not really an angry person. Maybe some other people have a different opinion.

This is what I have always done in my life, just racing and driving cars and go-karts fast.

We are getting way too much info in the cockpit. Sometimes I switch off the display in my car!

I really want to thank Red Bull Racing and Dr. Helmut Marko for the confidence they have in me.

Many people ask, 'What do you need mentally to succeed in F1?' I say, 'What do you mean mentally?'

The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.

I want to win because I am the fastest out there instead, not by luck; then it means a lot more to you.

If you are a bit weak in your head, maybe you can train your mind, but it will never be your strong point.

Overtaking is one thing. That is an art. But defending as well. You should be able to defend your position.

I focus on myself, but all these stupid comments you read on social media and journalists, it's really stupid.

It doesn't matter as long as, at one point, I'm in a championship-winning car. I don't care about my team-mate.

As racing drivers, you always have those moments that it gets a bit heated, but then you start from zero again.

Ever since I was 7 years old, Formula 1 has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true.

Sometimes it's better to come through from, say, last to eighth than staying eighth, and you've qualified eighth!

The biggest critic I have in my life is my dad, so everything else is just a breeze; it doesn't really matter to me.

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

Of course there will be difficult times, and there will be more in the future, but I know what I have to do in the car.

I've always been good at realising what went wrong and stuff, and I was always being able to look at the positives from it.

To just slow yourself down, just to not do anything and drive around - I'm not like that. I'm not here to fill up the field.

There is no such thing as a low risk lap in Monaco. It doesn't exist if you want to be fast, because you have to be on the limit.

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