Jenson answers your questions

I'm having a fantastic time in Formula 1 at the moment. It's been a terrific season so far; having so many podiums in the first half of the year is just what I dreamed of last year. I'm very happy but I'm also working very, very hard. It hasn't just happened - we have worked for it. I've done a lot of training and spent a lot of time with the engineers and with the guys back in the factory as well. I'm a little bit tired as well, though; I can't wait to have a little break.

I do a lot of cardiovascular work when we get the chance, plus upper-body work, shoulders and neck - you get a lot of pounding up there during a race. The g-forces can reach up to 5g in some corners and 5.5g under braking.

Best team-mate? That's a tough one because they've all been very different. But they have all been very competitive - as most F1 drivers are. The two Italians were very quick - Jarno Trulli was very quick in qualifying and Giancarlo Fisichella was very quick in the races. Jacques Villeneuve was also good in the race and good technically, while Takuma Sato has done a great job. Those things make it very difficult to single out one person because I have always had very good team-mates.

I think you could have said that in the past, although it's always very difficult to defend your position against someone who is in a better car. I think this year I've been able to overtake very well, better than most. Some of that comes from the car, definitely, but some of it comes from confidence.

You have got to have both. To have both would be the perfect scenario and that is something the FIA is working towards, so in a couple of years we might have that. The racing for me is still very exciting. I know I'm biased, but it's also exciting for spectators - we have seen some great racing this year, which has been fantastic to watch.

No. I think each to their own, definitely. Whatever helps you, really, and gives you confidence in what you do. I'm not interested in that in the slightest.

When you're racing in karts and cars you know your natural ability is there and you have got a lot of confidence in yourself, but to jump into an F1 car is always very difficult. So you are never 100 percent certain - it's not because you're not quick enough or you don't want it enough. It's not just down to you, it's the people outside who are capable of seeing you in action.

I have a hero in cycling and a hero in rowing. Lance Armstrong; it is not just what he's been through - battling cancer - but also because he's a fantastic athlete and a terrific cyclist. The amount of work he puts into his job is unbelievable. The other one is James Cracknell in rowing who is a friend of mine. I know the amount of training he does and it is non-stop. We have a busy schedule, but nothing like cycling or rowing. It must be very difficult.

I am a fantastic singer! Especially when I've been drinking! No, not really. I was trying singing the other week actually with some friends in the back of a car. We had the radio on full blast and there were some classic songs on. We managed one song and then we couldn't sing any more because we'd hurt our throats too much. Technically I don't think I am any good.

A lot of it is before you get in the car. A lot of the technical working and understanding the mechanical side of the car is very important. And there is also feeling the car - feeling what it's doing and how you can improve it. Driving, I have always tried to be as smooth as I can - that is very important. But then people think you like understeer because smooth means you don't like a twitchy rear, but I think you just have to have a very good balance on the car. The way that F1 cars are these days, it's good to have a little bit of oversteer so there is definitely a balance there of being smooth and having a twitchy car - and I think I've found that. I am confident in the machinery I'm driving.

They are not, but I wish they would. I think I could really lend a hand there and it would be pretty exciting for me. It's just having the time to do it.

Montreal is always a great one; a very nice setting and a fantastic city. Melbourne is a great way to start the season because the city is beautiful and has top restaurants. In terms of circuits it would have to be Silverstone. I love the place and the fans also.

I was in a press-conference room above the garages of Barcelona circuit.

I can't remember - and no that isn't what I said!

The circuits I enjoy most are flowing circuits with high-speed corners, such as Silverstone with Becketts, or Suzuka or Spa-Francorchamps. They are the circuits I really get a rush from, an adrenaline rush, but I don't think there is a circuit that particularly suits my style. Your style should suit every circuit really.

You couldn't possibly name anyone because it's very difficult to judge how good someone's equipment is at the moment, or what they would be doing in a one-make series. Michael Schumacher is winning everything at the moment, but he is in the best car. I know he's a fantastic driver, but you can only do so much.

No, because I haven't won yet! Yeah, I think there should be. The problem is now that if you are in second and you are behind the leader and you know you have to do a do-or-die move to overtake, then - although you would love to win - if you wanted the championship you probably wouldn't try. Eight points is only two points less than a win, so finishing second in five races is better than winning three and crashing out of two, so it's not worth it.

I am only a lead driver in the way I have got more experience, but we both have a lot of input into the team and we give a lot of feedback. Not just Takuma Sato and myself, but also [test driver] Anthony Davidson. That is the great thing; we are all very experienced now in F1, we can really feel the car and it's important to have all three cars involved.

No, because he drove a great race. He had driven very well all weekend, he had qualified on pole position and he won, but there were lots of incidents in the race that perhaps should not have happened and if some of them hadn't then maybe we would have had more of a chance of winning.

I just want a driver who is competitive; it doesn't matter about their personality.

I always try to stick to the same schedule before races and qualifying. I will have a rest and then a physio will wake me up, give me a massage, warm up all my muscles and then I'll do a bit of boxing to warm my reactions up as well. I go through that, but I don't sit there looking like I'm about to go to the toilet. I haven't tried that one and I don't think it will work for me - although it obviously works for Jonny.

I've never thought about it really - but it would have to be something really crazy because I get bored very quickly.

I am a car nut; I love cars. Not just F1 cars, I love road cars as well - and not just to drive them quickly - I like the look of some road cars too. What do I drive on the road? I drive an NSX, supplied by Honda, which is a lot of fun. It's a proper little racing car really - it was great in its day and it still is now.

Hair stylist? Have you seen my hair? I used to have longer hair, which I liked, but I cut it because somebody told me to! I want my hair to grow back because I miss having long hair. But I don't have a stylist, no. I try to style it myself but it never seems to work out very well.

Probably not in a TKM kart race, no, but if I had the opportunity I would take anyone on in a kart, as long as I'd had enough practice. I haven't driven a kart since I won the European championship, and that was about seven years ago.

Oh my god - that is scary. Yeah, I do remember. I can't remember actually eating the eggs, which shows how good my memory is, but I still love egg sandwiches. They are the way to go, especially with brown sauce. That was back in about 1993; my father used to do his engines and we used to hang around together when we were in the UK. But when I went racing in Europe I didn't see him much. We used to go down and have a fantastic breakfast - great eggs!

There is a lot of history, obviously, with Honda, but the best bit for me is not the history, but how hard and how much they want to win the championship - and how much they listen as well. That is very important for the drivers because we try to help the engineers with the engine, and it has shown over the last few months when I ask something about the engine and I get some good feedback straight away.

I love it. It is weird because I don't think of it as F1, I just love racing and trying to win. And racing against the best drivers in the world has always been my dream. I love what I do, but it is still a hobby and I suspect I will get bored before I can't drive quickly anymore. But that time is a long way off.

I definitely don't take earplugs home - she is an amazing singer. She left me a message the other day and she was singing to me. That was the best feeling - when your missus sings to you down the phone and it sounds good!