Sebastian Vettel

“There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.”

“I remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool - 'Oh yeah, I'm fine, I'm on top of this' - but I was completely lost.”

“All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I'm very proud to be the first winner here in India.”

“We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.”

“When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don't even think about that.”

“Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.”

“It's a tricky place, especially the last sector. I wasn't happy in practice. I wasn't happy with the car and I wasn't happy with myself. But I always thought there was more in the car.”

“I don't care what other people think as long as I am happy. The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I don't have the chance any more to change my image as an F1 driver.”

“Driving at high speed where safe and legal is part of my life. As well as a higher top speed I wanted even better stability in my FX and that meant work on the aerodynamics.”

“You can't change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.”

“I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together.”

“You're traveling all over the world but to be home is something special.”

“Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.”

“It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty.”