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" Sometimes it takes time to find people in the sport who share the same opinions and approach to racing as me. "

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" I am a motorbike fanatic - always have been. It's actually what I wanted to do before I got into motor racing. "

" I usually sleep four or five hours, but when you are training, you need more than that. "

" Despite the name, 'lift and coast' does not mean cruising. You're trying to be as fast as you can, and you're still going through the corner on the limit, but you have to approach the corner slightly differently; otherwise, you won't make the end of the race. "

" It is open for anyone to have freedom of speech, and I guess we can all play a role in trying to make a difference in the world. Particularly if your leader is not helping in that area. "

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" My immediate family are from the West Indies - from Trinidad and Grenada - and I have relatives all over the Caribbean. "

" When I was really young, I busted my nose when I was racing. The first thing my dad asked me was: 'Are you OK?' I said, 'Can you fix the car for tomorrow?' And I won the race the next day. "

" Every lap is different. "

" I feel equal to Mexicans, Asians, everyone. That's the kind of positive message I want to get out. "

" The Hamilton name will live on way beyond me now, which I'm very happy to be a part of. "

" There are times when you are growing through experiences, but sometimes there is a point of diminishing returns in terms of growth. "

" Each championship has felt different in its own way, I guess because I've been in different place of my life; I've gone through different things. "

" I started watching Formula 1 with my dad when I was just four or five years old. I loved cars. "

" I genuinely have always had support from all of my team. I have never had any complaints from them. "

" When I'm driving, the fewer distractions there are, the better it is to focus on the job in hand. "

" I'm an extremist so I'm either hated or loved. I think it's down to when I first got to Formula One not always knowing what I was saying, saying things that mean one thing but people were taking the other way and then people don't forget. "

" Lots of other drivers like cycling, but I'm not so keen. I have some really cool bikes, but I'm just not in love with it like Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso. "

" If I don't travel, if I stay at home for a week, I would go out of my mind. That is just the way I am. I love to be on the move, and I am fortunate that I have friends all over the world. "

" It doesn't matter what famous person I've come across in the street, I don't think I've ever shouted. "

" I think it's a shame that people are so quick to put you in a box; sometimes it's as if you do one thing, and that's all you're allowed to do. "

" I like wearing things that other people wouldn't want to wear, to be a bit edgy. "

" I'm definitely conscious of time. I already waste so much of it, just on a flight. I look back to when I was 13, and I wish I had stuck with my piano studies. "

" I don't think you can fully call yourself a vegan if you wear leathers. "

" On my back, I have the cross and angel wings: rise above it, no matter what life throws at you. And also, you know, Jesus rose from the grave. "

" Equalising performance between teams runs completely counter to the idea of F1 and would be very unfair for us. "

" I had a lot of racism growing up where I grew up. Bullied at school. It definitely encouraged me. It's like battle wounds - you come out the other side, and it just makes you tougher. "

" I don't drive by the seat of my pants and happen to win races. I work very hard to interpret the data and drive a certain way. My engineers have confidence in me, and more often than not, when I tell them what I need or what I am feeling with the car, it's right. "