In his stint with Renault, Michael Schumacher not only helped make Germany an F1 nation, he also sparked my enthusiasm and fire for racing.
As a part of the Renault family, I want to develop the car and write new success stories.
It has always been my dream to work for a manufacturer team.
I feel comfortable in my skin.
Of course it's a nice challenge to compete against a grand prix winner.
If you make your own luck then I don't seem to be very good at it.
If you make mistakes, you pay for them.
I don't have a sponsor or come from an exotic country where I can bring tonnes of money.
You always have some weaknesses, if you're entirely happy it means you're under-driving it.
I find it interesting as every year people say the midfield is as tight as ever but it is always tight, it is always competitive. I've pretty much spent my entire career in the midfield so I know about it!
I am happy to come back to Sahara Force India.
I want a strong team-mate and one that is challenging me.
When I was 7-years-old I, discovered Go-Karts and started Karting, since then I thought to be an F1 driver, that was pretty much buried into my head.
I believe in hard work and good decisions and the rest it will come or it doesn't.
I never had the help of money in the background - it could be the cherry on the top a little bit - whereas some others had that to offer.
Sometimes, especially when you are in the traffic behind other cars, you get a lot of stuff - sand, oil - and if that mixes up that can be very bad for the vision sometimes.
We always see that the gaps in qualifying are surprisingly close but then in the race suddenly it is like a second or something.
I don't want to just stay desperately in Formula 1. That's not my style, that's not what I'm looking for. After 10 years in Formula 1 that's not what I'm after.
It's very difficult to predict a team's competitiveness.
Of course I would love to battle for victories and be up the front but it's always about where can you be, what are your alternatives.
