Lewis Hamilton

"Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be."

"F1 is about the best drivers competing against each other for the best teams producing the best cars they can."

"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."

"I love all of the Marvel comics movies."

"I love my ink. They all have a meaning. I'm very strong in my faith, so I wanted to have some religious images. I've got Pieta, a Michelangelo sculpture of Mary holding Jesus after he came off the cross, on my shoulder. A sacred heart on my arm. Musical notes because I love music. The compass on my chest is there because church is my compass."

"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."

"My dad wanted me to have a better life than he had ever had. He wanted us to succeed so badly. And I never wanted to let him down."

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

"My job is to get into the car and drive as fast and as well as possible."

"Nothing can really prepare you for when you get in the Formula One car. Knowing that you're driving a multimillion-dollar car, and if you crash it it's going to cost a lot of money, and they might not give you another chance, is scary."

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

"When I was a kid and Christmas was coming up, my dad would ask me what I wanted, and I always said a motorbike. I kept asking for one, and he said it was too dangerous and bought me a go-kart instead."

"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."