On a third place at the Italian Grand Prix, which turned out to be his final podium finish: 'It's comforting to know that old farts like myself can still blow the pants off Formula One's young guns.'

On reports that the Jaguar staff aren't fond of him: 'It's such incredible fiction. Honestly, J.K. Rowling better watch out. She's got someone else going for t…

To an interviewer, on what he said to David Coulthard that made him so upset: 'I didn't call him a fag, I actually said he should stop being a fag and worrying…

On his status among drivers: 'You know there is no-one in the pit lane that is better than me, except for Michael [Schumacher]. I have no doubts about that.'