Felipe Massa

I want to find a team that can give me a competitive car to win many more races and challenge for the championship.

I still wanted to race in Formula One, for a correct team, a nice team, one that is professional, where you would feel important. But there was no position for me to carry on, so I felt if that opportunity wasn't there, then it would be better for me to stop, and start thinking about doing different things.

When you're not winning it's easy to complain!

Honestly, I think they need to work to improve the categories. If the driver goes from the go-kart to F3 one year and then to F1, why do we have GP3, GP2?

Mercedes for me is the strongest team.

What I'm really trying to do is make karting important like it is. I mean, karting is our sport, this should be really important.

Everything in life has a meaning. If something bad happens it's because you need to learn, to grow.

If I don't drive then I am not the same person. Ever since I was a small boy this is my life.

My mother never watches the start of my races - because she fears for me.

Sauber had a bad championship the year after they fired me and so if I had stayed it would have not been so good. Sometimes life does these things to you because it's the right thing. You think it's wrong, 'initially, but life proves different.

I'm not the kind of guy who will blame other people if things don't work out.

I always respect my team and my competitors. I never had problems with anybody.

I really believe that if you deserve something then one day you will get it.

I feel competitive all the time I'm in the car.

The accident did not change my life, change the way I think, the way I work. For sure, it gave me even more experience. The biggest problem was my sight, I couldn't see with my left eye.

I don't want to be the king, 'I don't need that, I want to race even without the helmet, I am the king.' I am not like that. I just want to make things better for the drivers and for the safety.

I enjoyed my first season with Sauber, for sure.

Ferrari is very political, at Ferrari everything is difficult. So if you win you have a lot of pressure and if you don't win you have even more.

My son understands a lot and he's pushing me really hard. He always tells me 'you need to win, you need to be good.' He's happy to see that his father is racing and I think he understands step by step more about Formula One and he really likes it.

I have zero frustration in my life and that's the way it is.

For sure working with Ferrari is a great pleasure. It's a great team, it's a great experience and it's a great dream as well to be there.

I'm very confident about being on the grid in Australia in 2003.

My dream is always to win the championship and I will keep fighting to achieve what I want.

When I woke up I didn't know why I was in hospital so I was asking 'Why am I here?' I was pulling all the tubes and my brother Eduardo tried to stop me so we had a fight. The accident was just so unlucky, but I know I am lucky to be alive.

I was always interested in maybe being in Formula E as I said many times when I was still racing in F1.

It is important to work to get the good result. If you have that nothing else is important.

I know I am lucky to be alive - but I will race again.

On the one hand, I set my goals high, but on the other I do not underestimate our competitors either, who are using all their resources to challenge us. However, I also see what a fantastic job Sauber is doing and the progress we are constantly making.

When I entered Formula One in 2002 basically all I had was my talent, but now I also have the technical knowledge which enables me, together with my engineers, to fully exploit the potential of the car.

I already lived in Switzerland in 2002, and from this time I know that it's a very calm country. I really enjoy living there.

With all the traveling I'm doing, it's really important for me to be able to relax when I'm at home.

My year with Ferrari was of incredible value to me. I learned a lot about all the technical aspects of the car and also how to improve my work with the engineers.

If I don't get a race deal then I expect to be a test driver for a top team.

I have some old cars, but I have some modern cars as well. And I have some race cars, the cars that I race. I have some Ferraris.

I retired in Formula One and I think it was the right time, so I'm happy with my decision.

It's jewelry for men, so definitely it's very nice to have a good watch on your wrist.

I love watches, for sure. The watch I love the most is Richard Mille because it's part of something that started from zero.

I talked to everyone. But I also did work with a professional psychologist, sporting psychologist. That was just the beginning. After that I was able to change the direction to think, the direction to work and I think it was like training I did.

Everything can change pretty quickly in Formula One in two or three races.

Since he sold his team, Eddie Jordan has had nothing to do with F1 except for what he says in the press!

Playing dirty has never been part of my game.

I was sure after the accident when in hospital in Hungary that I was not in the position not to lose any races.

Sometimes in the difficult moments in you life you learn more, you grow up more.

I am not really a problem personality.

My family is important to me. They have always been close to me during my career, victories and defeats, and the most difficult moments.

Everything for us as a driver is related to our working, on your work and how you feel. It helps how you feel, how happy you are; also for your private life.

I don't see myself as a leader, I just feel that everything I say, people are listening and people are doing.

I am happy to start from zero, to create, to restart.

A team that can build a stronger car, a stronger working environment. A team that has the possibility to create something, that would be interesting.

Positive things come out of even the most difficult times.