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I am one of the best to have raced in F1. I am probably not fastest in qualifying, or the wet, but I am 9.5 in all areas. I try to benefit from that.
Fernando Alonso
Best
Try
Benefit
Area
Qualifying
Am
Wet
Fastest
I would not be happy if I had many trophies at home and people think I don't deserve them.
Fernando Alonso
Home
Be Happy
Happy
People
Think
Would
Trophies
Had
Them
Many
Deserve
My parents are very similar to me.
Fernando Alonso
Me
Parents
Similar
Very
I always had that, even when I was a kid in a go-kart or when I was playing soccer or tennis: that need of winning. It was there all my life, and it's still there now.
Fernando Alonso
Life
My Life
Kid
All My Life
Winning
Tennis
Had
Always
Still
Soccer
Even
Now
Playing
Need
I'm just hungry to win.
Fernando Alonso
Win
Hungry
Just
Nothing's ever too fast. Maybe sometimes on the road some people are too fast if they don't know how to control the car, but in racing, the faster and more power and grip, the better it is.
Heikki Kovalainen
People
Better
Sometimes
Car
Some People
Power
Control
Nothing
Faster
Too
Some
More
More Power
Road
Know
How
Maybe
Grip
Racing
Ever
Fast
When I started go-karting at the age of six, I always dreamt of becoming a Formula One driver.
Heikki Kovalainen
Age
Dreamt
Driver
Always
Becoming
Six
Formula
Formula One
Started
In golf, you have to stay patient and calm. On the race track you can let loose, but in golf you can't and you must be calm.
Heikki Kovalainen
You
Calm
Patient
Must
Stay
Track
Loose
Golf
Race
I enjoy playing golf, but no, I don't think golf helps driving. It does take my mind away from driving, though; every time I play golf, I don't think about Formula 1.
Heikki Kovalainen
Time
Mind
Enjoy
Every
Think
Every Time
Though
About
Take
Driving
Does
Golf
Formula
Helps
Away
Play
Play Golf
Playing
I have many golfer friends whom I play with, including my good friend Ian Poulter, a professional golfer who's coming to Asia to play in a few tournaments.
Heikki Kovalainen
Good
Few
Tournaments
Coming
Friend
Friends
Golfer
Asia
Many
Professional
Including
Whom
Play
Good Friend
Golf is just for fun. I have no time to be a pro golfer, not even after F1. I think it's too late and I'm too old to learn now. Golf is just a hobby and maybe I can improve a little bit more.
Heikki Kovalainen
Time
Too Late
Old
Think
Too
Late
Bit
More
No Time
Learn
Improve
Pro
Maybe
Just
Hobby
After
Golf
Golfer
Little
Little Bit
Fun
Even
Now
Danger is part of my job. It's always there, but you can't think about it too much otherwise you start to be too slow.
Heikki Kovalainen
You
Too Much
Job
Slow
Think
Too
Otherwise
Danger
About
Part
Always
Much
Start
Normally I tell the truth whether it's nice or not.
Heikki Kovalainen
Truth
Nice
Tell
Normally
Whether
I have not changed much. I haven't gotten a big ego or anything.
Helio Castroneves
Ego
Big
Changed
Gotten
Anything
Much
To be honest, Brazilian people are fun people, and the country is amazing. It's full of beautiful people. I love the beaches.
Helio Castroneves
Love
Beautiful
People
Amazing
Country
To Be Honest
Beaches
Beautiful People
Brazilian
Full
Fun
Honest
Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.
Helio Castroneves
You
Dancing
Give
Steps
Over
Like
Learn
Very
Just
Them
Much
Racing
Choreography
If you don't finish half of the races, you are not going to have a very good season.
Helio Castroneves
Good
You
Half
Finish
Very
Going
Races
Season
And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
Jacky Ickx
Art
Good
Simple
Old
Power
Good Old Days
About
Tactics
Driving
Instead
Days
Counts
Return
Traditional
Reflexes
Again
Old Days
Skills
Therefore
Luckily
That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.
Jacky Ickx
Motorcycle
Me
Passion
First
Danger
Spite
Could
Soon
Attraction
Felt
Real
Encouraged
Represent
Which
Why
The margin between success and drama is fractional.
Jacky Ickx
Success
Drama
Between
Margin
But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.
Jacky Ickx
Better
Other
Back
Drivers
Tension
Due
Again
Regulations
Present
Brings
Chances
In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.
Jacky Ickx
Reality
Car
Top
More
Toughness
Had
Left
End
Get
Any
In The End
The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.
Jacky Ickx
Alive
Fact
Am
Still
After
Laps
Championship
I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
Jacky Ickx
Long
Distances
Retired
Drove
Over
Like
Hours
Years
Racing
Mans
Even
Now
Happy to see that the Automobile Club of Monaco, opened its doors to the public to attend a considerable event. The promotion of this event will be made by the image and by the text, but still by word of mouth.
Jacky Ickx
Happy
Word
Will
Made
Mouth
Doors
Club
Considerable
Promotion
See
Attend
Opened
Still
Text
Automobile
Word-Of-Mouth
Public
Monaco
Event
Image
Before the season begins, I had even damaged some frames, but Ken did not hold it against me and kept all his confidence. He was the one who incontestably changed my life, because without his help, I do not know what I will have become.
Jacky Ickx
Life
Me
Confidence
Will
My Life
Become
Before
Changed
Frames
Some
Had
He
Know
Because
Without
His
Begins
Did
Hold
Against
Help
Who
Even
Season
Ken
Kept
Damaged
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