Fernando Alonso Quotes

If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.

I like to race, not to do laps alone.

I don't have any relationship with God and I've never wanted it. I don't believe in fate or in any superior entity; if a plane crashes and people die, it's not because Heaven said so.

I thought I would be a go-kart mechanic - not an F1 driver

I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it.

Ferrari gives you a special feeling.

I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.

I have always been very calm on the outside.

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit.

The race is lost. You can't overtake here and I'm starting from 15th... It's over already.

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.

Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring.

I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.

For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.

I will be going to Belgium to win -- and we will see how the weekend develops from there.

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.

This is a fantastic fight for the championship. I'm really confident and believe we can do it.

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One.