"I'd rather have a fast, unreliable car than a slow, reliable car."

Ron Dennis - McLaren team boss.

"I think all too often, particularly at this time of year, there's a lot of talk and out mantra is under-promise and over-deliver. I anticipate we'll do that. I don't expect miracles, but our team is committed to the future."

Bobby Rahal - Former Jaguar boss.

"If the guy does the job, he deserves to be a race driver. If me or Luciano (Burti) aren't doing the job then we don't deserve it."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"I was on the inside of the track going my way and being careful not to make any change of line. I braked and suddenly I felt a huge bang in the back and saw Jacques flying over me."

Ralf Schumacher - Williams driver, after Jacques Villeneuve crashed into him at the Australian GP.

"He loved the sport and, while he knew the risks, the buzz he got from those race meetings only increased his passion. He was killed doing something he loved. He wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Karen Beveridge - Widow of the marshal killed in Australia.

"I made an effort to be neutral in my comments, to make sure I didn't put the blame on anybody and the other side reacted like a bunch of babies trying to point their fingers. I thought that was highly unacceptable."

Jacques Villeneuve - BAR driver, after his accident at the Australian Grand Prix.

"Obviously we can be confident for the rest of the season, but we don't need to be over-confident. I just need to finish first, I don't need to have a huge gap."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, after winning the Australian Grand Prix.

"They are on the ball. There's no question about that. They are setting the pace and we are catching up."

David Coulthard - McLaren driver, on Ferrari.

"Montoya looks spectacular. He is great. We are going to have a lot of fun with him this year."

Gerhard Berger - BMW boss.

"You can only beat Michael (Schumacher) when he's not there, or when he lets you win."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"We haven't sunk deep. We'll soon be back where people expect to see us - at the top. Anyone who is thinking of writing us off are burning their bridges too early."

Ron Dennis - McLaren boss.

"We are lost. This car is not up to the McLaren tradition."

Jo Ramirez - McLaren team manager.

"I think they've just got to wait and see what's going to happen in the future. I'm sure people will forget this tough part of the season by the end of the year."

Jenson Button - Benetton driver.

"When Michael doesn't win a race or get the job done he always comes up with reasons for it. I think it is about time everyone gave David the credit he deserves."

Ron Dennis - McLaren team boss.

"It has been unanimously agreed to set up a joint company, the purpose of which will be to establish, as soon as possible, a new open-wheels single-seat racing car series."

Paolo Cantarella - chairman of both the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) and Fiat.

"It has taken me 30 years to build up Formula One into what it is today and it could take just six months to destroy it."

Bernie Ecclestone - Formula One supremo.

"Fisichella, Wurz, Trulli and Button, they are all great drivers, but after one overtaking you are not the champion automatically. You need more."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, referring to Juan Pablo Montoya.

"There are two ways of winning: by your own merit, or when your rivals drop out. If Ferrari or McLaren have problems, we're capable of winning now, but in terms of pure force we'll have to wait until 2002."

Gerhard Berger - BMW boss.

"I am not giving up on the title yet because there is still a long way to go. I know that if I can get a win, and the ten points it brings, then the situation in the championship is going to be totally different."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"It is a great experience and I hope it is the first of many. I've waited long enough for it and we've done a lot of work with Williams and it paid off today."

Ralf Schumacher - Williams driver, after scoring his first win in San Marino.

"We hoped to win one or two or three races this year and that may well be an accurate statement. We've got one and maybe we'll do another two by the end of the year."

Frank Williams - Williams team boss.

"Michele played an important role as a driver in the history of Ferrari. He was intelligent and paid a great deal of attention to the technical problems involved in the development of the car. His death has been a hard blow to take and has filled me with deep sadness."

Luca di Montezemolo - Ferrari president, on Michele Alboreto's death.

"I'm surprised that these rumours keep popping up because there is no backing to them. There is no truth in it. Whenever I or Michael - or any driver for that matter - suffer a bad race or string of races, then immediately people say that we can't do it anymore. I am still in as good a shape as ever, and am also as determined."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver, on rumours about his retirement.

"So we have 22 monkeys in the cars now? Good. Obviously Niki (Lauda) likes to say a lot of things. Maybe a monkey can drive, but certainly not as fast."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, after the introduction of electronics aids.

"I'm super-disappointed - goddamn it, you know - Jesus. It could have been a fantastic finish for me - it was going so easy. It just didn't work out this time over here for me."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver, after retiring from the Spanish GP.

"It looks like it was a case of brain fade from David, although it is a bit premature to say so."

Ron Dennis - McLaren boss, after David Coulthard stalled his car on the grid at the Spanish GP.

"I think it is fair to say that Ron has had a bit of brain fade to make that comment without consulting me or the engineers first."

David Coulthard - McLaren driver.

"I would like to dedicate my good result to Michele Alboreto. He was a truly lovely person as well as a great driver."

Jarno Trulli - Jordan driver, after finishing fourth in Spain.

"It was an unprofessional and stupid thing for Ron (Dennis) to do. He should have thought it through and found the real cause before shooting from the lip. Ron's actions on Sunday merely confirmed David is employed as a second driver."

John Watson - Former F1 driver, referring to Ron Dennis's comments about David Coulthard in Spain.

"Mika can get back into the game and, as I have always said, I still regard him as my main rival. We will have to see what happens in the next two or three races."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver.

"I am surprised by the intensity. I thought anyone could handle it but you've got to really understand the new electronics in a technical sense. These are very complex things and you need a few runs to get it right."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver.

"I'm racing, so I'm not going to let others by. If they can't get by me, then they should get out. He just thinks - 'I'm Michael, so you've got to let me by'."

Juan Pablo Montoya - Williams driver, after his clash with Michael Schumacher in Austria.

"I was a little bit upset, obviously, because there was no way he could make that corner and all he was trying to do was take me with him out of the circuit."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, on Juan Pablo Montoya.

"We see things differently from Ferrari. If you castrate the sport, one day it's not going to be interesting anymore."

Juergen Hubbert - Mercedes-Benz boss, on Ferrari's team orders in Austria.

"If he thinks he has been granted by divine grace some right which allows him to overtake wherever he wants, I have news for him: he can forget it. He won't intimidate me, because I'm not psychologically fragile as other drivers."

Juan Pablo Montoya - Williams driver, on Michael Schumacher.

"It will be extremely hard to forget the passion and the determination which have characterised his 20 years-presence in Formula One."

Minardi, after the death of Gabriele Rumi.

"Rubens is not number two. The thing is that since Michael and Rubens comprised the team, most of the time Michael has been in front and being in front, he has put himself into a priority situation."

Jean Todt - Ferrari team boss.

"I've the utmost respect for Ron (Dennis). His reputation as a perfectionist is renowned. But I believe heads should roll."

John Watson - Former F1 driver.

"I'm convinced I'm no slower than Michael and I'm here to show that."

Rubens Barrichello - Ferrari driver.

"I'm thrilled at the prospect of having Adrian (Newey) on board in what promises to be a very exciting period for Jaguar in Formula One."

Bobby Rahal - Former Jaguar boss.

"Whilst I am delighted to confirm my intention to remain at McLaren and recognise that there are many exciting opportunities ahead, I regret any speculation which has been caused by my conversations with my good friend Bobby Rahal."

Adrian Newey - McLaren technical director.

"It seems like Juan Pablo, every time he sees someone in the mirror he slows down and stays on the line purposely. So I really don't understand what game he's trying to play."

Jacques Villeneuve - BAR driver, after clashing with Juan Pablo Montoya in Canada.

"Lucky there's not three (Schumachers). Then there would be a problem."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver, after finishing behind Ralf and Michael Schumacher in Canada.

"If you ask me who's going to bury me one day, I'd say Ralf, not Montoya."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver.

"At the moment I'm having fun and I'm not thinking about retirement."

Jean Alesi - Prost driver.

"I feel that he deserves to have this kind of record. You cannot win more than 50 races if you are not any good and Michael is one of the best of all-time."

Alain Prost - Prost team boss, on Michael Schumacher.

"I do not see a Mika Hakkinen crisis at all and I didn't see a David Coulthard crisis before."

Norbert Haug - Mercedes boss.

"Number 50 is a great number."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, after winning the French Grand Prix.

"I always wonder why people watch F1, to be honest. Some of the races I've seen are so boring, but still the TV numbers are on the up."

Niki Lauda - Jaguar team boss.

"Michael Schumacher has already won the title. The Championship is over, Michael could go on vacation and let other drivers win the Grands Prix and the title would still be his."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"I'm convinced that one day I'll drive for Ferrari. A bit more experience and I'll get there."

Kimi Raikkonen - Sauber driver.

"The only thing that is going to beat Michael is a reliability issue and Ferrari don't have reliability issues. He will obliterate the records. There is a good chance he will beat Senna's pole record if he keeps racing."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"No chance - there is no way I am quitting."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"If the scenario comes up that if Mika's leading, I'm second and Michael's third then I would expect Mika to move over."

David Coulthard - McLaren driver.

"I suppose that it's a fear for every Grand Prix driver who has won a Grand Prix that you think you're never going to win again."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver, after winning the British Grand Prix.

"I take races to places which are good and where teams can get sponsorship. No European organiser can afford to be too complacent about this, as some countries would die to get a round of the World Championship."

Bernie Ecclestone - Formula One supremo.

"It was magic, incredible, crazy. It was better than sex."

James Courtney - F3 driver, after testing for Jaguar for the first time.

"I don't think we are in a situation where we can win a Championship next year."

Gerhard Berger - BMW boss.

"Although David has improved, his position in the Championship is more to do with the fact that Mika has under-performed."

John Watson - Former F1 driver.

"I don't get on with him very well. We talk to each other very little and for me, I must say, he is the worst teammate I have had in Formula One."

Jos Verstappen - Arrows driver, on Enrique Bernoldi.

"I think as an overall package that I'm better than all of them except Michael (Schumacher)."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"Every Grand Prix driver every year thinks about retirement. There is much more losing than winning in Formula One so there comes a point when you've had enough. It happens and it happens to me and a lot of other drivers."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"You will never find an easier and nicer person to drive for you and it is very disappointing to lose a good friend in circumstances like this. Hopefully time will mend the wound."

Eddie Jordan - Jordan team boss, after sacking Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

"Jaguar have just given Arrows an engine and Arrows will beat them. Not might, they will."

Paul Stoddart - Minardi team boss.

"I just saw it on television - he gave me the finger. But if he wants to do it like that, I can make his life a bit harder next time."

Jos Verstappen - Arrows driver, on Juan Pablo Montoya at the German Grand Prix.

"As far as I am concerned if there is a rule, then they must adhere to that rule like any other Formula One team, and if they don't do it then they have to suffer the consequences."

Craig Pollock - BAR boss, on Toyota's decision to test until the end of the year.

"I am overjoyed. Eddie launched me into Formula One so to race for him after all this time is something very special."

Jean Alesi - Jordan driver, after confirming his move to Jordan.

"Ross (Brawn) has never won a race where Schumacher hasn't been one of his drivers."

Adrian Newey - McLaren technical director.

"It was agreed that nobody would denounce the other party or would give his version of how things had happened. Then, minutes after we announced his departure he was giving everything away on radio. It's a childish attitude."

Alain Prost - Prost team boss, on Jean Alesi.

"I enjoy seeing [Schumacher] beaten because I don't buy into this 'Mr Invincible' thing."

Ron Dennis - McLaren boss.

"Eddie [Jordan] called me to asked me if I was available until the end of the season. In fact, I signed for 2002, as well."

Jean Alesi - Jordan driver.

"I would just be happy if I got in one of the top teams, and I don't really mind which it is. I guess it doesn't matter if it is McLaren, Williams or Ferrari."

Kimi Raikkonen - Sauber driver.

"I fear Michael will continue to dominate the Championship until his contract with Ferrari ends in 2004. The chances are he will then retire with a total of seven world crowns to his name."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"You'll have to forgive me, I might be a good driver but I'm finding it hard to know what to say."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, after clinching the title in Hungary.

"Today is all about Michael's win. I congratulate him on that achievement and recommend that he takes a holiday for the last four Grands Prix."

David Coulthard - McLaren driver.

"I don't know if he can win 60 or 70 races, but there is no reason why not. I really don't know."

Alain Prost - Prost team boss, on Michael Schumacher.

"I have seen recent declarations from Ron Dennis. I have a friend who is a psychiatrist, one of my best friends, and I can recommend him to Ron Dennis to give him some help."

Luca di Montezemolo - Ferrari president.

"I was just joshing with Eddie Jordan as old friends do. It was certainly not intended to be serious."

Bobby Rahal - Former Jaguar boss, referring to offering Eddie Irvine to Jordan.

"I would not be on a holiday at this moment if there was something unclear in Mika Hakkinen's agreement with McLaren."

Keke Rosberg - Mika Hakkinen's manager.

"I think I am doing a good job."

Bobby Rahal - Former Jaguar boss.

"I would like to thank Bobby for the contribution he has made to Jaguar Racing. Following this development my focus will now be 100 per cent on the Jaguar F1 project."

Niki Lauda - Jaguar boss, after replacing Bobby Rahal.

"Ken was the most important person in my life outside my family. He really cared in the deepest sense about everyone who worked with him."

Jackie Stewart - Former F1 driver, after Ken Tyrrell's death.

"Bobby defended the issue by saying it was nothing more than a joke, but unfortunately jokes like this with existing drivers do not work very well."

Niki Lauda - Jaguar boss, on Bobby Rahal.

"I was the first on the scene and his head was literally pushed over to one side with the weight of the tyres...I'm just thankful that Luciano is okay."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver, after Luciano Burti's accident in Belgium.

"We are not a top team yet."

Mario Theissen - BMW boss.

"He is a young driver, but he's already fantastic, and he's in the middle of a lot of rumours. Some of that is true: two top teams want him."

Peter Sauber - Sauber team boss, on Kimi Raikkonen.

"Qualifying has been bad, but I don't think anyone has driven better races to be honest, probably with the exception of Michael (Schumacher)."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"David Coulthard will just never win that Championship, and I will also have to say the same about Barrichello."

Mika Salo - Toyota driver.

"As far as the team are concerned, Eddie can be very abrasive with colleagues."

Niki Lauda - Jaguar boss, on Eddie Irvine.

"For sure Raikkonen is a potential champion, a potential good driver, but again you cannot judge a driver from one season."

Luca di Montezemolo - Ferrari president.

"You have to show that life goes on."

Frank Williams - Williams team boss, after the terrorist attacks in the United States.

"It's a bad joke intending to race in the United States. I don't think it's safe and I will for sure not take my family and friends."

Ralf Schumacher - Williams driver.

"I asked the team for a break which would be a good way to recharge my batteries and enjoy more time with my wife Erja and my son Hugo. Of course it might have been easier to retire, but that just isn't a decision I feel ready to take"

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"I have no doubt he will come back. He has not retired. He is only taking a sabbatical."

Keke Rosberg - Mika Hakkinen's manager.

"It's a weekend when a lot of things are not right and you should question whether we should race here."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, at the Italian Grand Prix.

"Let's get one thing straight. Michael Schumacher is not the 2001 World Champion yet, anything could happen. Maybe he could lose his points over one of the next three races. I'm sure that won't be the case, but it could be."

Bernie Ecclestone - Formula One supremo.

"He is a true gentleman and I know his many friends and fans around the world will have him in their thoughts and be hoping for good news about his condition."

Frank Williams - Williams team boss, on Alex Zanardi.

"Considering it's my first year I wasn't really expecting to win when I came in."

Juan Pablo Montoya - Williams driver, after winning the Italian Grand Prix.

"The US Grand Prix will continue as scheduled."

Tony George - IMS president.

"He's a lucky boy. Now we will see, he is definitely not bad, the guy has done a lot of good races, but nothing sensational. It will make his life easier because all the guys there know what they are doing."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver, on Kimi Raikkonen.

"I really hope we can offer a little moral support and maybe even some form of distraction for the American people."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver.

"Everyone says he is better than Senna and Prost but I disagree on that because Senna and Prost were fighting against each other – whereas Michael doesn't have a teammate he is fighting against."

Jacques Villeneuve - BAR driver.

"He has the qualities of a champion in every form. He's brave, he's smart and he's as fast as they make them. Now that he's won a race, he might be unbeatable."

Mario Andretti - Former F1 driver, on Juan Pablo Montoya.

"He really was badly affected by the disaster. There was talk of retirement."

Ross Brawn - Ferrari technical director, on Michael Schumacher.

"We have had great battles in many of our years. We have been racing in Formula Three days together, and we keep on racing in these days, and that's, obviously, a great part of my career, which I have enjoyed. So you feel sad, to some degree."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver, on Mika Hakkinen.

"Formula One is an acquired taste and if we can stay in America long enough for people to acquire the taste... it's like when you start drinking wine, at first you don't appreciate the good stuff. But the more you drink it, the more you start to notice the differences."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"They (McLaren) are pushing very hard. I'm very happy. So I'll go to Suzuka that way and I'll try to win. We'll try to get the maximum result and that's it. Then, Hasta La Vista."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"I want to - and I must - think positively. I can't allow myself to think back to what happened. I've got a new life ahead of me and now I want to use all my energy to make the most of it."

Alex Zanardi - Former F1 driver.

"He is not retiring. I think you go through life, you take decisions and when you have made a commitment you sit by it. I completely supported it when he took it and time will tell whether it was right."

Ron Dennis - McLaren team boss, on Mika Hakkinen.

"I've always been the No 1 Finn."

Mika Salo - Toyota driver.

"I asked Eddie (Jordan) to tell me about his decision before Suzuka. I have not had a serious discussion with anybody else. But if I must go, I hope to know early enough to find another solution."

Jean Alesi - Jordan driver.

"I see certain signs that lead me to doubt whether he will continue driving for a long time. It doesn't matter how much you love the sport - Michael (Schumacher) too will ask himself sooner or later: how long is this to go on for?"

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"I have spoken clearly, unequivocally about it. Yet every so often there's someone who wakes up and decides to turn his thoughts to me. If anyone, whoever he is, speaks of me and my feelings, he cannot in any case say what I feel or plan to do. Please don't bother me about it. Do I have to repeat why I was distracted at Monza?"

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver.

"Montoya drives well but my brother has twice as many points. Ralf has won three Grands Prix, Montoya one. The revelations of the season are Heidfeld, Raikkonen, my brother. Not Montoya, he has not done enough."

Michael Schumacher - Ferrari driver.

"I retire. I will not race (in Formula One) next year. For the moment it is not completely clear what I'm going to do. For sure I will not drive F1 any more."

Jean Alesi - Jordan driver.

"There are only two possibilities. We will either look very good, or we will look very stupid if we end up taking each other off. One of the two will occur, most likely the second."

Ralf Schumacher - Williams driver.

"Every time you get in a F1 car it is a special feeling. It is my last Grand Prix for a long time, maybe forever, I don't know myself yet."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"David won't have number one status. We don't have number one status and never have had. We will provide them with equal equipment and the outcome will be the outcome."

Ron Dennis - McLaren team boss.

"There will never be another one like him. He is a great guy, a great driver and a very special person. We will miss him."

Gerhard Berger - BMW boss, on Jean Alesi.

"Maybe I'm going to stay at home three or four months and feel like I want to race like crazy."

Mika Hakkinen - McLaren driver.

"It is great for a World Champion to finish the season like Michael did, but one has given good warning that we are not going to make it easy for him next year."

Patrick Head - Williams technical director.

"There has been a great deal of fuss about Kimi Raikkonen taking Mika's place at McLaren but that could easily fall rather flat. Everyone has been going crazy about how good the young Finn is but I have never been completely sold on all the hype."

Eddie Irvine - Jaguar driver.

"I don't think I was the best rookie in Formula One. After 15 years of racing, a CART title, and having won the Indy 500 and the F3000 championship, I can't consider myself a rookie. I'm a very experienced driver."

Juan Pablo Montoya - Williams driver.