Hot Seat
with Gianni Morbidelli - Sauber.
F1 Racing, July 1997.

Q: What was the first car you owned?
A: A Volkswagen Passat, when I was 18.

Q: What car do you own now?
A: A Volvo V40 - a very nice car.

Q: The fastest you've ever driven on the road?
A: It was 280 km/h in a BMW M3. I was on my way back from a television show with some friends and they were telling me that I wasn't a good driver. So I speeded up, and when I got to 280 km/h, I took my hand off the wheel to find a radio station, then they were shouting 'stop'!

Q: What do you do in your free time?
A: I don't have a lot of spare time. I do three hours in the gym every morning and a lot of PR. But I canoe in the sea, and in the summer I play a lot of golf. I'm not a good player, but I try.

Q: Do you eat out a lot?
A: I am single, so I spend a lot of time at my parents' home in Pesaro, Italy. But I have a place in Monaco, and when I'm there, I always eat in restaurants because the only thing I can cook is spaghetti!

Q: What are your favourite circuits?
A: Interlagos and Montreal are good, and Mexico City was very fast and very good and it's sad that that particular track has gone. You always like a track on which you are fast.

Q: Have you ever smoked?
A: Never.

Q: Do you like fast food?
A: Yeah, but it's too heavy to eat regularly. But I like Pizza Hut a lot.