Sometimes I watch a football match, and I think I know better, but at the end of the day, we don’t. So I think people need to appreciate more what we are trying to achieve in the car.

World Champion! This is just unbelievable. I started racing with my dad many years ago. We dreamed of becoming a World Champion – and now we are.

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

The only place that matters is first.

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

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

My career is more important than girls.

The world championship is what I am here for.

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

Preparation for Monaco is a little different: you definitely build up a little bit slower throughout the weekend and pace yourself. It’s important to find the limit carefully.

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.

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

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

I am not there to finish fourth at the end of the day. I am there to win as a racer, but on the radio, it sounds I am arrogant and not listening to the team, but it is not like that.

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

My dad always told me you have to be as quick as you can straight away out of the box. Some people say, ‘Feel your way into it; build it up.’ No. My dad would say, ‘Straight away, you have to be there.’ And I think that helps to warm up your tyres and brakes to be on it a bit more from lap one.

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

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

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

People always think they know better. In football, everybody thinks they can be head coach and do it better. It’s the same in F1: they always know better, even if they have no experience of it.

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

If I don’t believe I can do it, I can better stay at home.

I’m driving like a grandma.

Because i’m Dutch.

I think that Sebastian needs to go back to school because he needs to calm him self down.

It was good racing, it is always more enjoyable to be able to really push rather than just save your tires.

It’s still a very long way to go and I know the gap of course is quite big, but I also know that can switch around very quickly.

Really happy we finally kick-started the season, it was a really tough race but a good race. We were both battling hard at the front.

I ’m Jeff Spicer. I just want it to be facts and just don’t hype it up, it’s just not my thing.

Our starting position was a bit compromised, i know it’s going to be difficult to the end but I think that’s nice. It keeps it exciting.

I feel good, it’s going to be tight.

It was exciting, the pressure was on, not knowing how quick Lewis was going to get you, we managed to hang on at the end.

We were racing for position today but you need two people to work together to make the corner and Lewis just kept squeezing until there wasn’t room anymore for two cars and that’s when we crashed.

I think it’s still going to be hard, we need a bit of luck as well for that, but I will give everything. Of course we had some really unlucky results but… they( Ferrari) should have been miles ahead of us over the whole year.

In the coming races we are still going to try things on the car to give us new ideas for next year, not necessarily 2020 parts already, but definitely directions.

I don’t mind bumps on a street circuit but some of these are quite severe and more like a jump so the wheels actually come off the ground, this track is also very aggressive on tires so if we can keep them under control then it could be pretty good.

I was trying to follow the Ferrari in front of me and trying to overtake him, this time it caught me out and I’m not happy about that, it’s annoying because we could have fought for third today.

Overall, Shanghai provides you with a lot of opportunities to fight and set up overtakes, i’m looking forward to hopefully having an exciting race there.

I know what contract I have. I am very positive also for next year, i am very happy with Red Bull, I know what the perspective is for next year and the years after.

I just want to be myself. You learn from yourself, and that doesn’t mean you have to drive slower; it actually means you have to drive faster, but maybe with a little bit in control, and that’s what I learned.

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

As a driver, it is important to focus on yourself and believe in yourself, and there shouldn’t be a reason why, when you are in F1 and there is more attention, you change your approach.

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

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.

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

I just enjoy it and drive as fast I can. But so many people think your psychology is such a massive thing. For me, it’s not necessary.

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

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

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

It’s just racing. Sometimes you have difficult moments, and then you try to work hard, and you keep working hard, and you overcome the situation. It’s as simple as that.

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

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

It is not because others tell me I have to change my driving style that I will change.

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

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

Of course I am doing a good job, but you can always improve, and I just leave it up to people outside, around me or whatever, to judge on that.

I have good people around me, so I always have advice. A lot of people can talk to me, but it’s me, of course, who still has to take that to the track and to perform.

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.

You always want to do better than last year.

I never even think of the mental side of things because I never had any issues.

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

My ultimate dream is just to become world champion, and not only once. So that’s my dream, and it doesn’t matter with which team it is.

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

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

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.

Of course I think everybody has moments in their careers when they’re frustrated, or you’re not happy with the current situation.

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

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

I’m not here to follow, I’m here to lead.

Learning from mistakes is the key to improvement.

The track is where I feel most alive.

Being patient is essential, but seizing the moment is equally important.

Pressure is a privilege; it means you’re in a position to succeed.

You have to take risks to achieve great things.

I race to win, not to come second.

I don’t just want to be good at what I do; I want to be the best.

Fear is just a barrier you have to break through.

Racing is in my blood; it’s a part of who I am.