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" After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating, I found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling. "
Smiling
Everything
Myself
" All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I'm very proud to be the first winner here in India. "
Car
Here
India
" All these nice people saying I'm going to be world champion won't make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself. "
Yourself
Me
People
" As a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible. "
Driver
Possible
Target
" At the end of your life, it's friendships, emotions and thoughts that you take with you, rather than what's in your bank account. So, even though people don't have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that. "
End
You
Learn
" Driving at high speed where safe and legal is part of my life. As well as a higher top speed I wanted even better stability in my FX and that meant work on the aerodynamics. "
Top
Work
Driving
" Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you. "
Celebrate
Mistakes
Myself
" I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together. "
Family
Always
Together
" I don't care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it. "
Past
Care
Focus
" I don't care what other people think as long as I am happy. The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I don't have the chance any more to change my image as an F1 driver. "
Think
Change
Day
" If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn't lose focus. That made the difference. "
Boat
Started
Lose
" If you are out in two races and someone else has a good couple of races, it could change. So all we do is try to get the optimum every time. "
Good
Change
Someone
" I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor. "
Day
Team
Honor
" I'm very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates. I didn't know Dan Wheldon, but he was big in motorsport, and then this year I got to know Marco Simoncelli, so our thoughts are with them at the moment. "
Winner
Proud
Moment
" I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all. "
Line
Emotional
Everything
" I remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool - 'Oh yeah, I'm fine, I'm on top of this' - but I was completely lost. "
Lost
Remember
Test
" It's a tricky place, especially the last sector. I wasn't happy in practice. I wasn't happy with the car and I wasn't happy with myself. But I always thought there was more in the car. "
Happy
Car
Myself
" It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty. "
BMW
Team
Power
" I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I'd actually done it. It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races. "
Special
Wait
Emotional
" Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment. "
You
Two
Season
" Of course, you always give 100 percent, but at a home race you're always more motivated, simply because you feel at home. "
Race
More
Home
" Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that. "
Like
Rush
You
" Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement. "
Racing
Formula
Car
" Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in. "
Pause
Sometimes
You
" Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles. "
Go
Ferrari
Very
" The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous. "
Risk
Sports
Love
" There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way. "
Angry
Going
Make
" There are some things that you can fulfil with money, but at the end of the day these are not the things that make you happy. It is the small things that make life good. "
Money
Good
Small Things
" There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that. "
Car
You
Like
" The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there. "
Our
Track
Will
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