I like high speed corners, but with the F111, it is taking a little time to build up to that.
— Daniel Ricciardo
I've learned what F1 is like, and it is an extremely competitive sport on and off the track.
I like having as many team-mates as possible. It's great, because the more people you can learn off, the better I think it will make you as a driver.
People might call me a liar for this, but I want a fast teammate, I think for two reasons: it's always going to get more out of yourself, and it's always going to be a more true evaluation of where you stand.
This sport's crazy.
As far as the outside things goes with Red Bull - I like the brand a lot, and obviously, I like the team a lot. We've always been a good fit for each other, so from that side, it's all been really good.
I signed a dog collar. Someone gave me their dog - a live dog - and I signed its collar. When they handed me the dog, I didn't know what to do. That was weird.
I do a bit of Brazilian ju-jitsu when I can. I like a bit of that.
Formula One was just cool. I loved racing, all types of racing, but from a young age, Formula One was the noise and everything, and that's what I was drawn to. I already knew when I was younger, the coolest guys are in F1... not that NASCAR drivers aren't cool, but that was always what I had in my head!
If you like going a certain way, then be bold and do it.
I will always find a way to find a positive from things.
The day I do get a championship-winning car, I will run with it. I will capitalise on every part of that beautiful thing.
If I am putting myself out there and taking some of these risks, then I want to do it properly.
I don't see my family often enough, but when we do catch up, it's somewhere new in the world. They get to travel more than they would if I wasn't doing this sport.
Being an F1 driver is a crazy job but not what everyone expects. My year consists of 20% driving and 80% media, marketing, and travel.
I would like it to be remembered; I would love to be World Champion one day and have my name on the list. That is the real dream - although I am sure it is the dream for pretty much all the Formula 1 drivers.
In racing, things start coming up quicker, and the slipstream is stronger, so even judging in the mirrors how quick the cars are approaching isn't always easy.
If I win the title, I want to know I was the best guy that year, and to be the best, you've got to go against the best.
I've never really been too fussed about the kind of teammate I have.
I'd prefer no practices and just Saturday, Sunday. Just qualify Saturday morning, race Saturday afternoon, and race again Sunday. Less laps of nonsense and more laps of meaningful business.
When you spend time working on something for a time period, and then it doesn't correlate, it decreases in your motivation.
In Formula 1, you need a great level of endurance because the races are long, so you need a pretty good base endurance.
I don't like letting anyone down. Not many people get satisfaction out of letting others down.
I feel like even if I was to, say, trip and fall over on the way to the car and scratch all my arm, by the time I got in the car, it would be blacked out in my head.
2014 is a year I'll remember for a long time - it was definitely a breakthrough in my mind as well. Standing on the top step of the podium a few times was icing on the cake.
The way I see it is if I can't be happy doing this job, which is my dream job, then what's going to make me happy in life?
Everything you can learn from is an opportunity to become stronger.
People have seen now I am a racer, and I have big intentions in the sport, and I am prepared to get my shoulders out if I need to.
Music is how I unwind. I love going to see bands or DJs at a festival or a dive bar. My taste is pretty diverse.
In the end, you have to just pull the trigger. Trust the car, trust the brakes, just go.
We know - relationships in this sport, it's very hard to have a really great relationship.
When I joined Formula One, I knew that what I found is that the cars are so much faster, and it took me a little while to understand where to always put the car.
I'm in this sport to win but win by being the best, not by being lucky.
I feel '14 didn't just shape me and my approach from then on: it changed the level of overtaking from other guys in the sport as well. Not many people were doing that, coming from a long way back and trying big passing moves.
Normally, if I don't qualify as well as I think I can, I seem to carry a little chip on my shoulder for the race, and that normally helps me out.
The car is a big part of it, but you need to be a good driver to get the equipment to the top. You need both.
I love mountain-biking or any form of bikes, like dirt bikes; I love getting out there, although obviously I have to be careful.
To get the Red Bull junior drive was like a massive pressure off... I didn't have to go around asking Mum and Dad to sell their house or ask friends for funding. The instant feeling was, 'Oh wow, amazing.'
I enjoy being outdoors, hanging out with friends, and maybe snapping the neck off a couple of beers.
Pretty much all the drivers I get on with, at least to say 'Hi' and have a conversation. But when the helmet's on, you don't care who it is. You have no sympathy: someone blows an engine in front of you, if it means you gain a position, then you're smiling.
On a bad day, I'll still have a conscious thing in my mind reminding me that what I think of as a bad day is still a very good day in probably 90% of the world's population's eyes.
If I am going to race, I will put everything on the line.
When I came into Red Bull, everyone thought, 'He's just the happy, nice guy; he's fast, but he can't race hard with these top guys.' That was a reputation I had to dismiss.
Because of my schedule and dietary requirements, I don't party a lot, but when I can let my hair down, I will; I think that's healthy. I love a weekend in Vegas.
I will be happier if I crash by trying than not trying and running around behind the same guy for 70 laps.
