Quotes About F1

There is no medicine maybe for everything, but there is a big medicine which is downforce in an F1 car.

When you get to an F1 car and after one lap you see the pace is there, it is special emotions and I miss it so much.

I've become more sensitive, more open, which is not necessarily good in F1. But if you are able to control your emotions, I think it can be positive.

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

Americans are very patriotic and they want someone to support. In order to entice more fans, and to allow F1 to compete with Nascar and IndyCar, there needs to be an American driver.

I'm proud of my driver test. So many people were waiting for me to test and fail, so they could say that women would never be able to race in F1. I always view my time in F1 as before and after the test. Beforehand, I could sense everybody asking, 'What's she doing in the F1 paddock? Is she good enough?' After my test, that attitude changed.

I turned away from bikes when I got a bambino kart for my seventh birthday and started doing some karting, just around some cones at home, but I didn't think at that point I knew I wanted to go into F1, it was more just for fun.

When I was 7-years-old I, discovered Go-Karts and started Karting, since then I thought to be an F1 driver, that was pretty much buried into my head.

I did suffer a lot since karting, with my size and everything, not really having a clue what to do when I started karting. So I suffered in every category: F4, F3, F2. Not so much F2 but I've had to kind of play catch-up quite a bit and in some ways, F1 was a bit nicer with power steering.

It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

I think when I got to Sauber you can really feel the difference in personal experience in the team. They've been around for a long time and also the construction team is a lot stronger.

McLaren were one of the first teams I liked and supported.

In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics.

Experience is always a plus, but I believe if you are good enough for an F1 seat, you are good enough from the year you arrive in F1.

Every time a young driver comes into F1, the finger's pointed at him over his age. I don't think that's right.

My first pole position is an emotional and hopefully historic moment as I want to be in F1 for many, many years.

In Colombia maybe 95% of the population follow Formula One. It's crazy.

I'm not like other females. I'm obviously different because of the path I've taken. I'm just as aggressive as the guys when I get my helmet on. Plus F1 is not just about taking risks, but knowing when to take risks and when to back off. It's also about strategy and managing your tyres.

Regarding KERS, I have mixed feelings. As I am a tall and relatively heavy person I have disadvantages regarding the weight and consequently the weight distribution of the car. But on the other hand KERS could be a big advantage because of the boost.

I've really just had to learn and adapt more than ever before, because there's so much to do in F1. There's so much to be on top of as a driver. It really requires perfection just to walk out of a weekend with a decent result.

F1 weekends are full of things and any time that you have five minutes, you need to use it as well as possible to calm down.

I used to go a lot to F1 when Real Madrid didn't play at the weekends. It was a lot of fun and I always wanted Real Madrid to play on a Saturday so I could watch F1 on Sunday!

Red Bull is an energy drinks company operating a team in F1, of course it doesn't sit particularly well when you are competing against iconic brands like Ferrari and Mercedes. We are happy to be perceived as a bit of a maverick.