Quotes from Daniel Ricciardo

Formula One was just cool. I loved racing, all types of racing, but from a young age, Formula One was the noise and everything, and that's what I was drawn to. I already knew when I was younger, the coolest guys are in F1... not that NASCAR drivers aren't cool, but that was always what I had in my head!

A lot of times when I was younger, whether it was in go-karting, or when I first started out in a new category, I would sit behind someone throughout a race. I didn't have the confidence in that environment to take some risks.

Good overtaking is important to me. There are a lot of quick maths involved. I will prepare from the corner before, thinking, 'If I exit this way, and the driver ahead of me is in a certain position, then I'll go for it.' If he is not where I hope he will be, then I won't pull the trigger. If he is, my decision has already been made.

I feel like even if I was to, say, trip and fall over on the way to the car and scratch all my arm, by the time I got in the car, it would be blacked out in my head.

In the end, you have to just pull the trigger. Trust the car, trust the brakes, just go.

I would love to do a one-off race somewhere - NASCAR would be awesome.

I like having as many team-mates as possible. It's great, because the more people you can learn off, the better I think it will make you as a driver.

I like high speed corners, but with the F111, it is taking a little time to build up to that.

I love coming to America to race. Maybe that's because I'm a big fan of NASCAR as well.

I loved a lot of motorsports, but as far as the ovals go, I was more into NASCAR.

You're never perfect in this sport; there is always something to learn.

This sport's crazy.

I feel I am promoting the sport well in Australia with what I'm doing on an international level.

On a bad day, I'll still have a conscious thing in my mind reminding me that what I think of as a bad day is still a very good day in probably 90% of the world's population's eyes.

Everything you can learn from is an opportunity to become stronger.

I enjoy being outdoors, hanging out with friends, and maybe snapping the neck off a couple of beers.

Sometimes you have a bad day, and you're like, 'I'm over this, and I just want to play tennis,' or do another sport that doesn't require any other variables, but then you have a good day, and it's like, it's amazing, and the success makes up for it.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.