I had to drive with a roof in LMP2, and I managed to get used to that quite quickly – although it’s still not a Halo, it’s still different to what I’m used to.

I don’t race cars.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

Every driver is different, so I just hope whatever I do is going to be good enough, because it’s not that I just want to be with McLaren. I want to win with McLaren.

As a British driver, you get compared to Lewis and I get that. But when he came to McLaren, they were doing well and had a championship-winning car. I’m in a very different situation so I don’t compare myself to his stats.

I saw MotoGP on TV first, before I saw F1 and other types of car racing. It’s what I got more into. It was cool, there was good, exciting racing.

I left school to concentrate on racing. It was a family decision between my mum, dad and myself.

I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn’t have to go so fast.

The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.

I’m definitely more one of the drivers who would want to do Daytona, Le Mans, and the Indy 500.

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.

Every time I get in the McLaren I feel more comfortable, my confidence increases and I feel more at home with the team.

Getting in and out of the car with the halo takes a bit of experience. I struggled initially, but after a few trial runs I was fine.

I can’t remember what made my dad take us karting for the first time, I can’t remember really. I was into motorsport by then and I knew everything, and every driver, it was around 2009, 2008. That’s when I first properly knew about Formula One. Those were the days.

I definitely wasn’t anything special when I first started but I think I adapted quite quickly into racing and it became a bit better slowly. All of cadets, the first four years of karting, I only won one proper race, one! Which was the British Open Championship at PFI and I started 21st and I won.

I love driving my car on any highway.

My favourite car I drove in the ‚shoot out‘ at Silverstone was the 2016 Mercedes DTM car. I loved every moment in it, the downforce being particularly surprising.

I don’t know driving in another way which isn’t risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other’s.

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot’s hands.

The racing is quite boring, sometimes. It’s hard to see how it pulls in fans.

I’m loving my role as a McLaren Young Driver, spending time in the simulator at the McLaren Technology Centre and attending some Grands Prix with the team.

McLaren were one of the first teams I liked and supported.

I don’t know who I would have been if I never watched MotoGP.

I used to watch MotoGP quite a bit, I liked MotoGP. I had a motorbike before I had a go-kart and before I had a motorbike I had a quad bike but I was too dangerous, and before I did quad biking I did horse riding, so it’s been a long journey.

I’m the slowest driver in the world.

I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate.

I probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.

I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places.

I used to watch some F1 races but I was never straightaway thinking ‚that is what I want to do.‘

I wanted to race cars. I didn’t like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take education more seriously and go to a community college.

I had a much better view with the halo than I expected.

Even though I had won in other categories, I didn’t have any expectations when I came into F1. Qualifying fifth, finishing sixth? I didn’t expect it.

In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I’d be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.

Even though the risks of death are higher driving than flying, many people would rather drive simply because they feel they have more control driving. The facts are that only a few hundred people die a year flying, and 44,000 are killed a year driving.

Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn’t mean I am immortal. It doesn’t mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car.

If I want to do well in racing I need to be more focused so I stopped going to school. If I wasn’t a very good driver it would not be a wise decision, but it gives me an advantage over my competitors.

Growing up I’ve watched Lewis and aspired to have some of his attributes, mainly his speed. His raw pace is probably the best of everyone on the whole grid, so there are bits you want from different drivers.

I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.

How you go about testing is just very different to just being in the situation of qualifying, having to go out, having to nail the lap.

I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip.

My dad kind of liked racing and motorsports, but wasn’t a big fan, it wasn’t like he watched every race or whatever.

To be announced as a race driver for McLaren is a dream come true.

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.

For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.

I kind of look up to Lewis, not as a hero, but as a very good driver who is very fast. Everyone has to admire his pace, especially in qualifying. He is a driver I support, in terms of him being British, and I want him to win, but he isn’t an idol to me.

For my career, I wouldn’t go racing if I didn’t enjoy it. I still need to have my say, and not just get put with a team and get told to deal with it.

I don’t like L.A. It’s just not fun. I don’t know why, but I just don’t get it. You have to drive to get everywhere, and when it rains everybody freaks out.

It’s what counts, isn’t it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it’s nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It’s a much bigger problem.

You can only get to a certain point when you feel confident with the simulator and it always changes when you get to the track and you actually drive it for real for the first time.

The biggest difference in the wet between F2 and F1 is that there’s so much more power in F1 as being on the throttle earlier has a bigger advantage.

I think the F2 tyres are probably one of the hardest things to adapt to, harder than the Formula One Pirellis were to get used to.

F2 cars have downforce; they’re quick. But it’s difficult for your brain and eyes to keep up with everything that’s going on once you’re in an F1 car. You get used to it and you learn to stay calm, because if you react too quickly the opposite will happen. Being more relaxed is when it becomes more natural and controlled.

I am sure as everyone knows that I am not the happiest if I don’t do a good job in qualifying or the race.

The Pirellis you can push for a couple of laps and then you’ve got to start saving. It’s not easy.

I raced with my brother from when I started to 2014 when I finished karting.

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.

There are no small accidents on this circuit.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.

In karting, you turn up and drive, look at the data and go home. But I like doing more, learning about the engines and how to make them go even better.