Driver

Being team-mate to Michael Schumacher at Benetton in my first year of Formula One was certainly a high pressure situation.

The more cars, the better show.

My favorite change is taking traction control away and launch control, because my starts are pretty good, I think, and I make always some places up in the start and I think that will be great if that comes back to the driver's hand.

It takes a little time to return to a Formula One car after 15 months away and to get back in the rhythm again, but after about 20 laps, I was feeling really comfortable and enjoying myself.

The biggest chance to overtake is in the first two laps of a race. Later on will always be more difficult.

A1 Ring is a circuit where no one can test, so all teams are in the same boat.

In some circumstances Max just has to think more. I don't want him to change his driving style.

As soon as it rains, I am very good, very, very competitive; when the track dries it is not so easy.

Everyone wants to see racing. This is what F1 is for and this is what it is.

People are asking that question again if Max is being too tough on his equipment, but that's complete nonsense. He can't overdrive, he can't break the material. We all know what it is: it's just the equipment that isn't good enough.

I am happy that I will be able to drive again and I will also see Eddie Jordan again, as it's been some time since I had direct contact with him. I am really curious to see what it's like with the Jordan team and how they will react to me, what they want to tell me.

I think I did a pretty good job - particularly when I was racing with Hakkinen. It was maybe the first time that I have been challenging with the big boys, and I really enjoyed it.

The most important thing is that at a certain moment you can drive.

My whole life is about racing, and of course everybody wants to do the same with your son. Being a father and doing motor racing with him goes hand in hand.

I think that's a very good point they're bringing into Formula One at the moment, to get rid of all the electronics. And I think that's what a Formula One driver needs. That's why they are a Formula One driver. They need to drive themselves.

I learned a lot from my career.

I am very pleased to be back in F1 and to have signed to drive for Minardi.

I have a big following in Holland and I think they will come to a lot of the races.

A race without journalists also has one advantage for Max: he does not have to give so many interviews.

But, being away from Formula One for a whole year, I think it's not easy to come back into Formula One because people forget very quickly about you - it was really hard to go back.