Maybe I am uncompromising on track. The stewards judge whether I'm fair or not, it is my job to extract the most from the rules and circumstances. I admit sometimes I go over the limit but sometimes I don't and I get results.
Haas is a small, but a very efficient team - I am having a lot of fun!
I didn't go to school that much! I was racing go karts and testing nearly every day, so school wasn't the first priority.
I was a welder for about three or four months, and I was lucky enough to get out of it because there was a guy who wanted to support me and pay for my racing.
I thought I'd become a welder if my racing career ended.
It's frustrating that you only have one or two, maybe three drivers that you can root for who are winning.
I have fans rooting for me, all the other drivers in the midfield have fans rooting for them, and they never get to see that driver fighting for wins. Of course it would be a lot better if you had a broader range of drivers who were in the fight for wins.
I'd like to do a full season of IndyCar if I was going to do it I think. But whether I'll get a chance to do that, I don't know.
I'm not getting penalised for pushing, I'm penalised for going over the limit of what's legal and what's within the rules.
I think I've benefitted a lot of times from having my dad as a racing driver and I don't think I would be here if it wasn't for him because McLaren probably wouldn't have looked at me.
Surely, early in my karting career it was tough because many people were jealous and thinking I had special treatment from the stewards and was getting special treatment. But generally I'm just happy to be a Magnussen.
I obviously hope that I can continue my career with McLaren but that might not be possible and if it isn't possible then I need to continue racing.
I'm a racing driver and I need to race, that's what I do.
I'm with McLaren, I'm contracted to McLaren. They might wish to continue, they might not, but before they take a decision I can't really do anything. So I'm patiently waiting for them.
I'm not here for anything other than world championships. I don't want to be here driving around and finishing races and scoring points. I only want to win and if I can't do that - if I can't see that I have a future with wins and championships - then I'm not up for Formula One, I'll do something else where I can win.
There's a lot of things in Formula One that can stress you and it's important to have good family and good support from home as well. I'm really glad that I have that.
You never reach a point where you feel completely 'ready' - there's always more you can do. But I think every team and driver is going to be feeling uncertain going into the pre-season.
I don't like compromises. I will give everything.
I love my family, and there's so many things in life I enjoy, but when I'm in the car there's nothing else that means anything.
It's no secret that I live in Woking and I go to the MTC every day. So I've spent every available day working - either with my engineers, with the team management, or with the trainers at MTC; building those relationships, getting to grips with the car, the style of driving, the cockpit and control systems, and improving my fitness.
