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03.04.2008
MATHIAS LAUDA Best of... Best race you took part in... "Monza in my first year in Formula Nissan. I started from eighth place and fought my way onto the third step of the podium!Your toughest season... The 2005 GP2 Series. I didnt have much experience and the overall level was very high. Best team-mate... Jean Alesi. We were in the same team in the DTM in 2006, and he was always ready to help me progress. Your toughest rival... Nobody really. Its not like in tennis where you battle with just one person." Your best racing car... The DTM Mercedes-Benz. Your most spectacular race tracks... I love Laguna Seca, Sepang and Jerez. Best after-race party... Thereve been so many! Whatever the outcome I like to go out after a race to celebrate the result if its a good one, or to forget in the opposite case! Ive got good memories of Barcelona where my friend Franck Montagny acted as guide. Your most spectacular overtaking manoeuvre... I dont remember any one in particular, but there was a Euro F3000 race in Jerez where I passed six cars and finished second. The most exciting turn on a racetrack... On the Istanbul circuit theres a series of downhill corners that are very exciting. Race Controls strangest decision... I had to pay a $2000 fine in A1GP because I had a coming-together with a driver who was trying to pass me on the outside! Ive never understood that decision. The funniest/strangest character in motorsport... Ive come across so many! I like Franck Montagny and Jean Alesi very much as theyre both very amusing blokes. I also get on well with Ananda Mikola whom Ive known for years. Strangest question ever asked... Im often asked questions about my father, which I cant answer. If you want to know what he thinks, the best thing is to go directly to him! Best reason to keep on racing... Im very competitive; I always want to be first! Best reason to stop racing... Honestly, I dont see any. Motor racings part of my life. Best race format... I like long races with pit stops. Ive never done a 24-hour event but Id love to. Best qualifying format... I like the present system in F1 where its back to square one on three occasions. This being said, the long session we have in Speedcar suits me better. Your favourite series... The DTM and the Speedcar Series even if theyre very different. Strangest autograph ever given... Sometimes young girls ask me to sign on their breast! Its funny, and believe me, I dont have any problems! Favourite race weather... Im generally quicker on wet tracks, but I like both. Your greatest weakness... All drivers have a weak point. Its a waste of time blaming the car or the team. Youve got to know how to be honest. Your favourite pastime between races... Surfing. Its my greatest passion after motor racing. I spent a week in Bali recently and it was fantastic to go surfing every day. Best trick played on a team-mate... Ill pass on that one. Theyre a bit too recent to talk about! Worst sport without horsepower... Womens football. I think its horrible! Im not being macho; its just that football is the opposite of femininity. Favourite sport without horsepower... Surfing, obviously! The best athlete ever... Kelly Slater. He won six surfing world titles before retiring and then came back and won two more. You are not talented in... I wasnt great at school. I woke up every morning with a pain in my stomach!
Speedcar Series -Anila Ratnam- J. Roussel, D. Waldron
Author: maggy (admin2)
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