Quotes from Jos Verstappen

We know motorsport is dangerous, but it does not make we want to stop, or make Max stop.

In some circumstances Max just has to think more. I don't want him to change his driving style.

The Russian Vitaly Petrov I feel was the worst newcomer and the worst driver.

Suzuka is a nice circuit.

A1 Ring is a circuit where no one can test, so all teams are in the same boat.

My plan was to put him on a go-kart track when he was six years-old but he was with his mum at a track in Genk and he called me up crying because he saw a younger guy driving on the track. He said to me 'Daddy, I want to do this,' so when I got home from the Canadian GP, I bought him a go-kart and that's how he started.

My favorite change is taking traction control away and launch control, because my starts are pretty good, I think, and I make always some places up in the start and I think that will be great if that comes back to the driver's hand.

I don't mind to compete, the age doesn't matter I think, you still have to brake and turn the wheels like everybody else has to, we're all running the same car so I have nothing to lose really.

But, being away from Formula One for a whole year, I think it's not easy to come back into Formula One because people forget very quickly about you - it was really hard to go back.

I think that's a very good point they're bringing into Formula One at the moment, to get rid of all the electronics. And I think that's what a Formula One driver needs. That's why they are a Formula One driver. They need to drive themselves.

It takes a little time to return to a Formula One car after 15 months away and to get back in the rhythm again, but after about 20 laps, I was feeling really comfortable and enjoying myself.

When you only qualify in 18th position, you have to take your chance off the grid.

I have a big following in Holland and I think they will come to a lot of the races.

Everyone wants to see racing. This is what F1 is for and this is what it is.

I think I did a pretty good job - particularly when I was racing with Hakkinen. It was maybe the first time that I have been challenging with the big boys, and I really enjoyed it.

My whole life is about racing, and of course everybody wants to do the same with your son. Being a father and doing motor racing with him goes hand in hand.

As soon as it rains, I am very good, very, very competitive; when the track dries it is not so easy.

I am happy that I will be able to drive again and I will also see Eddie Jordan again, as it's been some time since I had direct contact with him. I am really curious to see what it's like with the Jordan team and how they will react to me, what they want to tell me.

As soon as you go off the racing line you go through all the dust and then have to spend time cleaning up your tires.

A driver has to be strong in his mind anyway to survive in this sport. And if he is mentally not ready at 17, then he is also not ready at 20.

I'm asked to drive touring cars, I'm asked to drive IndyCar, but I think Formula One is much more hi-tech and that's where I want to be in as long as I can.

Of course, health is the most important thing, but shutting down the entire economy for months is also not an option. Everyone should use their common sense.

I am very pleased to be back in F1 and to have signed to drive for Minardi.

Being team-mate to Michael Schumacher at Benetton in my first year of Formula One was certainly a high pressure situation.