Top 40 Felipe Massa Quotes

I will do everything I can always for my country.

I love watches, for sure. The watch I love the most is Richard Mille because it’s part of something that started from zero.

My dream is always to win the championship and I will keep fighting to achieve what I want.

We are not here for political reasons, we are here for sport, to fight for positions. That’s the good thing about Formula One.

I know I am lucky to be alive – but I will race again.

Maybe I am the driver who got the most close to the championship in history.

I was sure after the accident when in hospital in Hungary that I was not in the position not to lose any races.

It is important to work to get the good result. If you have that nothing else is important.

My return is not about seeing Formula One as the best option, but is about seeing the role at Williams as the best option. I would not have returned for any other team.

That is something you can never explain, it is part of all sporting life. Anybody can have a bad day and they can have many good days.

After your time passes at Ferrari, you may drive for another team, but you’re always a Ferrari driver.

On the one hand, I set my goals high, but on the other I do not underestimate our competitors either, who are using all their resources to challenge us. However, I also see what a fantastic job Sauber is doing and the progress we are constantly making.

Mercedes for me is the strongest team.

Sometimes things don’t happen in the way you want it to. But that’s sport.

When I woke up I didn’t know why I was in hospital so I was asking ‘Why am I here?’ I was pulling all the tubes and my brother Eduardo tried to stop me so we had a fight. The accident was just so unlucky, but I know I am lucky to be alive.

I’m very confident about being on the grid in Australia in 2003.

I think that if you are well-accepted by the other drivers and respected it is important.

If you are a great guy with your competitors, with your colleagues, it is always good, even on the race track and off it.

Many Formula One races last two hours, are really boring and nothing happens.

I don’t want to be the king, ‘I don’t need that, I want to race even without the helmet, I am the king.’ I am not like that. I just want to make things better for the drivers and for the safety.

We had many years with refueling in Formula 1 and we had a few problems, but not really very dangerous problems to be honest.

I’m a big supporter of safety.

The people in the grandstand just want to see good driving, good overtaking. But inside the sport everything is about money and politics. It’s stupid. And I’m not just talking about Formula One. It’s every sport.

For sure people around me, they always say don’t do ovals, we are not happy to see you doing that. I’m not saying I’m scared, I’m not scared to do ovals. But I never thought about it. I was not really planning to go to do Formula Indy.

Driving for Ferrari is completely different. Not in the way you work, the way of working is similar in whatever team you go – especially in the top teams. But it’s different because it’s like a religion.

I don’t think really we need to race in F1 just to risk your life, or to be in danger is nice for the people. I don’t think it’s really like that.

I know how to lose and I know how to win.

I want to keep having fun like I have done all my life.

I’m pretty relaxed, trying to enjoy the races, trying to do the best I can in the car, trying to the give the best to the team, and that’s the most important thing.

There’s no better place to be on the podium than here at Monza.

I’m not the kind of guy who will blame other people if things don’t work out.

Everything for us as a driver is related to our working, on your work and how you feel. It helps how you feel, how happy you are; also for your private life.

For me, my country is the most important thing.

My family is important to me. They have always been close to me during my career, victories and defeats, and the most difficult moments.

When I entered Formula One in 2002 basically all I had was my talent, but now I also have the technical knowledge which enables me, together with my engineers, to fully exploit the potential of the car.

I am not really a problem personality.

When you’re talking about proper competition, I think Formula E has good competition.

Playing dirty has never been part of my game.

I’m very happy to be joining the Venturi Formula E Team and the Formula E championship, which has become a magnificent competition in such a short space of time.

If I don’t drive then I am not the same person. Ever since I was a small boy this is my life.