For me, triathlons were something that was down to me and my fitness. Now, I really enjoy the pain in the triathlon of chasing someone down. It’s a bit like chasing down Nico Rosberg in the last few laps at Silverstone – it makes you feel alive.
When it comes to my racing career I’m very driven and very selfish. People who are around me at races will know that I’m a different person here than in my personal life. I completely blank people at races. I need to be focused. I’m rude.
When I was in Japan with my girlfriend Jessica, she would have had acupuncture every day if she could. I can just about stomach going to a chiropractor and I visited a talented one when I was there, but when he tried a needle on me, it was horrible. My muscles tightened and it didn’t work at all.
I haven’t got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don’t regret it.
I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn’t have spent money.
In my hometown there is a pub named after me – The Frome Flyer on Jenson Avenue. How cool is that?!
My ‘Movember’ moustache was never going to be as big as Nigel Mansell’s, but I tried my best. The amazing thing is that when you try to grow a moustache, you notice everyone else’s. There are some amazing moustaches on the grid.
Resting for me is fitness training.
You look back and you remember the good, the bad and the ugly.
It doesn’t matter who wins if I don’t. I only care if I win. I’m jealous of anyone else who wins.
I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline’s pumping.
I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now.
I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can’t stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the net.
Women don’t get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don’t get to learn race craft.
When I do retire, I know for a fact that I’ll never be able to replace the incredible feeling I get when I’m driving an F1 car.
I think social networks are really working for the drivers, because we’re able to talk directly to fans and they get first-hand information. And I think it’s great for the partners as well and the businesses that are involved in Formula One.
If I run I lose so much weight, which I need because you’re limited on weight when you are a tall driver. And have you seen marathon runners? They’re quite skinny.
The fast, flowing parts, the high-speed corners, that’s where a Formula One car is at its best – changes of direction, pulling high g-forces left and right.
All you need to know about racing you can learn from Super Mario Kart.
It’s one of the things I love about motorsports – you’re always learning, always having to adapt. It’s not like tennis, where the rackets might change a bit but everything else stays the same. If you’re in motorsport, the formulas are always changing. The regulations, the tyres, the power, the type of engine. It keeps you excited.
The sound of that V10, a rich growl that reached right into my soul.