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" When I first started in Formula 1, I tried to ignore the fact I was the first black guy ever to race in the sport. But, as I've got older, I've really started to appreciate the implications. "

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" When I was a kid, I used to play a game called 'Grand Prix Two.' Interlagos was always the first race of the season on that, and I never really got much past the second race. I would always restart the season, so I always seemed to be doing Interlagos - it was a real pain! "

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" Since I started driving in F1 in 2006-07, the cars have got slower and easier to drive. "

" When I was younger, all of my family's money went into racing. We were never a stylish family. We never went shopping, because all the money went into buying tires and fuel and all of that. "

" My daily breakfast is two poached eggs in the morning with half an avocado, and I get to have half a piece of toast. "

" Tupac is my favorite artist, and he had mad style. "

" 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. "

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

" Racing is what I love, so it's pretty simple. I want to keep doing it and keep winning. "

" Whether it's with my engineers in the team, my home life, or my friends, I don't like things to get complicated - and one good example would be the steering wheel in my Mercedes Formula 1 car. "

" Fashion is a growing love that probably started when I got into my 20s. "

" I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win. "

" I really like to play to squash, because it's competitive, and I like basketball. I'm friends with a guy in L.A. called Andrew Bynum, who used to play for the L.A. Lakers NBA team. We play together sometimes. "

" 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. "

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

" I certainly lead a different life from many people. I have a great life that I am thankful for, and I like travelling. "

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

Lewis Hamilton

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" I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way. "

Lewis Hamilton

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I love all of the Marvel comics movies. "

" I listen to music before every race. Generally, there will be a song I'll get into over the weekend, and I play it all weekend, particularly when I'm getting ready for a race. "

" Everyone loves a winner. That's just how the world is. And Ayrton Senna was one of the greatest winners this sport has ever had. "

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

" I have so much energy. I train, I travel, I'm learning about music and fashion, reading a lot. I don't want to miss anything. I want to experience everything. "

" Every lap is different. "

" I hate losing. It doesn't matter if it's racing or playing Ping-Pong - I hate it. "

" I don't believe I have a playboy life. "

" It's a pretty cool feeling to be the person to knock down a barrier - just like the Williams sisters did in tennis or Tiger Woods in golf. "