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Screen to Speed No.27: Esmeralda Beemsterboer: From Screen to Speed to Dream Team Driver · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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Welcome everyone, uh, to Unique Talks show.
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Um, hope you're doing well this evening.
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Welcome everybody.
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And we have an Esmerelda today with us.
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Uh, thank you so much for taking your time, uh, to be with us today.
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Yeah, it's great to be here.
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Uh, I'd love to share all my experiences, but yeah, it's great to be here.
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Yeah.
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So let's start, uh, you've been on Simracing Expo.
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Um, so we would like to know a little bit more about it.
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Uh, how was it for you?
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Uh, was it your first, uh, offline event or not?
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Yeah, so it was awesome.
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Uh, I met so many people, um, and also to race there in front of, uh,
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the public, that was really special.
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Uh, it wasn't my first time cause I went to, uh, US, uh, last year,
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uh, also with Screen of Speed.
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Um, we all had to qualify and the top 15 went to Vegas.
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So that was my first offline event, which, you know, it was
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really awesome to be a part of.
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And as well as Germany this weekend, uh, it's just really great to see
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that many women in sim racing and then race against the best of them.
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That's just, that's a great experience.
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Awesome.
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Uh, how was your race and, uh, at sim racing expo?
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Oh, it was, I think it went well.
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I'm really happy with the results.
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Uh, obviously I wanted to win, but, uh, yeah, I just lost out on it.
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So P3 in the, in the first race, um, which I was lucky
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with an incident in front of me.
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Yeah, sometimes you just have to be there and, you know, even if
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you're behind the pack, at least you, you'll get there and scrape by.
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Uh, and then, uh, the second race, I was actually in the lead for a couple of laps.
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So, uh, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Uh, with Saoirse behind me, chasing me, and yeah, I just lost out, but
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it was, uh, a great race, and I ended up, uh, P2, uh, P3 overall,
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so yeah, I'm, I'm really happy.
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Great, congrats to you.
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That's a good result to get the podium.
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Was it your type of car which you drove on the event?
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I know you've been driving the Formula 4 at Nürburgring.
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So can you tell me a little bit about this?
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Yeah, so I race a lot of cars in iRacing.
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Um, mostly the MP2.
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And I had tried the F4 for a couple of practice sessions, but not a lot.
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So yeah, it was quite a new car for me, um, to, to drive, but, um, I don't know.
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I kind of just, it felt right though.
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It wasn't that hard for me to, to get into it.
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I think as you got a lot of experience, as you said, with LMP2, uh, it's a quite
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easy to get used to Formal 4 as that card was, was a down force and it's fast also.
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Um, so yeah, I think that's why you didn't have a lot of issues with this.
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Um, how long ago did you start iRacing?
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Did you start SimRacing overall?
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Um, I think it was 2020, early 2020 that I started SimRacing
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and I think I went into iRacing
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Immediately when I was starting, I'm not completely sure.
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Uh, but yeah, I did ACC and iRacing at the same time, kind of.
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So yeah, four, four years ago, right in the COVID pandemic.
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Yeah.
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I think just many people, uh, so we had on any talks to many people
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started from a pandemic time.
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Uh, I started also, um, I think just, you know, everybody gets tired
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at home and Going to do something and it was simracing, other games,
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and uh, someone went to streaming.
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Um, that, that was, uh, that was great time, uh, to start, uh, the simracing,
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the new hobby for yourself, definitely.
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Alright, um, so was it hard for you to start in iRacing, uh, do
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you have any Like, uh, si racing, racing experience before maybe you
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play some racing games, uh, before you started in sim racing or not?
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Oh yeah.
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I , I actually played the Ong games like 2015 through, I think it
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was like 2018 or 2019 that I did.
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Uh, and, and that was just my experience.
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It wasn't really sim racing.
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It.
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Um, I just did it for fun with like all the assets on, um, eventually in 2017,
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I bought, uh, the, uh, Trismaster T300.
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That was like my first wheel.
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And I think it was two months before I got the F1 wheel add on.
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So it was just so, um, into Formula One at that time, uh, still, by the
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way, but yeah, and I just played it for fun until, um, I, I met Iwona.
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And she got me really into sim racing.
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That's awesome.
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Um, can you tell me more, uh, about what equipment equipment you got right now?
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So you definitely did some upgrades.
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I'm pretty sure in this.
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Yeah.
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So I've got a bit of a luxury setup.
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I've got the Hasingfeld sprint pedals.
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Um, I'm not connected to Heusinkveld, but I can really recommend them.
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They are awesome and they really help with my consistency.
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Uh, and then I've got the Fanatec CSL PD, uh, with the boost kit.
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So it's eight newton meters of course.
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And then I've got the, I can actually show you because I'm right in front of you.
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I've got the, uh, P2.
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5 steering wheel with the advanced Nice, this one is awesome.
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Yeah, yeah, it's, I'm really a fan of the wheel.
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Yeah, it's great.
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The only thing that's missing is the screen on it.
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Yeah, I hope they get one someday.
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Mm hmm.
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Um, how's the, uh, how's community for you in the, like,
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you know, racing and sim racing?
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Also, because we, uh, been talking.
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about this with, uh, other guests on the new talks show, uh, and, uh, find
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out that, uh, community and some racing overall really friendly, really welcome.
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Uh, do you feel that too?
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Yeah, yeah, it's, um, I don't know, I don't know how to actually say this, but
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they, you're, they make you feel welcome.
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Uh, so I had no trouble in Germany, um, to just get into the group on the
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first night that we met each other.
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We, with the whole group, we went out to dinner in Dortmund
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and we had an amazing time.
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Uh, so it's just so easy to get into and I don't know.
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They're they're all such nice people and Hopefully there are
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some bad ones in there as well.
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But overall my experience is so great Yeah, that's good, uh Usually
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people especially when you're coming first time into sim racing.
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They try to help you with advices.
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They try to like guide you to You Find your journey in simracing and it's really
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cool indeed, um, to have, uh, really welcome people because not all the time
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you have this in other games and, uh, yeah, sometimes the community not really
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welcome, uh, and it's, it's really good that it's, uh, an upside for simracing.
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That's great.
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Yeah.
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I mean, if you want someone to help you, you just have to ask and they're all
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prepared to help you and to make time.
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So yeah, overall, that's just, it's a great community.
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Okay, so as you said that LMP2 is your, like, main car in our racing.
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Uh, do you remember any Highlight of events which you did with it.
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Maybe you did some endurance races where you finish on the
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podium or something like this
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Oh, i've got a couple of highlights But uh, they didn't end really well No, I
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had I definitely had amazing experiences with mp2 Uh, I I started with a team
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of well, we were just friends And not really professional, so we ended up
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between entire barriers and stuff.
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So, yeah, I think As It was so much fun, but for really, um, ending
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up high, I think all of our races ended up in the wall somehow.
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Yeah, so not really memorable.
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I think we, we once got a podium, and then one of our drivers I can't.
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One of our drivers, uh, didn't drive enough laps.
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So we got disqualified as well.
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Oh no!
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Yeah, so, um, yeah.
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I mean, didn't end well, but I had so much fun in all of these races.
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So it was worth it, totally worth it.
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Yeah, I think the F4 is the, for me, the best car, as in that I actually
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accomplished something with that car.
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Oh, and the Ford Mustang Next Gen, which we drove in Las Vegas last
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year, which I, I completely despise.
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It's a horrible car, but I got P5 in the US, so that was a great
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accomplishment, but that's not the MP2.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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That's awesome.
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Uh, it's really hard, I can tell you, to drive a Nascar car on the road track.
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So I had some experience with Xfinity cars, not with next gen.
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We've been running them on VCO Infinity events.
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We had a race at Monza with Xfinity.
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It was really crazy.
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Uh, you know, a lot of crashes happen.
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Some people rejoin right after they out of track.
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It was really fun.
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Indeed.
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Yeah.
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Um, and talking about prototype LMP two, um, I had really bad experience
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because, uh, I started our racing when we had, uh, Honda HPD here and,
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uh, been running this car a long time and I was really good in it.
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Um, and then when we switched to this.
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Delario and B2, I was like, Oh, this car, not the best.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Unfortunately.
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Um, are you doing any ovals in a racing?
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Because you said that you, um, not.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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Uh, can you tell me a bit more about, uh, Formula 4, uh, and what's
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your favorite combo with this car?
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What's your favorite track with this?
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Okay.
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So this is hard because I've got one favorite track.
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Everyone that knows me knows it's my favorite and that's Spa.
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So, it doesn't matter which car I drive.
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So, although the next gen Ford Mustang could ruin it.
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But, um, every car is like, it's really fun to drive on Spa.
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Uh, but now that I've done the Nürburgring
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and I've actually put in the time to practice there.
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I think that might be, I mean, it's kind of close.
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I don't know which one of the two would be my favorite with the F4.
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But definitely one of those two.
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Great, uh, Spy is definitely a good choice, uh, good track for, like, any
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type of car, even if you, with slow car here, you'll be in Draft having fun, then
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in LeCombe and fighting with people, uh, if you with, uh, uh, You're just going
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to, um, like go with the flow on the spy.
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It's, it's awesome.
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I agree with you about this.
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Um, what can you suggest to people who starting then, um, like getting into
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our racing, into, uh, STEM racing?
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Uh, what will be your advice of like, from what to start?
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Should they stick with the one car or like what you can suggest from your side?
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I think this is, uh, quite difficult to answer.
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Um, mostly just have fun because without fun, you won't get the
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drive to get better and better.
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Um, and for consistency, definitely stick with one.
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But I haven't done that.
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I've done so many cars and I think it also gave me a lot of experience because
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if you look at Last year, I keep going back there, but, uh, we had the next gen
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Mustang, and it was horrible to drive.
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You had to be so careful on the throttle, because, uh, a little
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bit more than halfway, exiting a corner, and you'd be turned around.
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So, you learn so much, uh, from driving such difficult cars, that if you step
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into any other car, you It feels so easy.
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Um, you know, so that definitely helped me, I think, with my
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racecraft overall consistency.
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So I guess just have fun.
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Don't necessarily stick to one car as long as you still have fun.
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And just keep driving and you'll get those lap times eventually.
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Yeah, absolutely agree.
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Um, to start with the one car.
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So I just suggest this to everybody as well, uh, because
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this is how you can gain, uh, some confidence, comfortable on track.
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Um, so just suggest people to start with the one car and then just, uh,
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Focus on tracks, focus on like breaking points and all this stuff, instead
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of just jumping, uh, from car to car.
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Uh, but also, as you said, uh, it's really good sometimes to change car,
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um, as you gaining some new experience from each car and, uh, definitely, Then
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in the future, if you're jumping, I know, to a random race, uh, where, like,
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you got a leak, fun leak, uh, with, uh, some different cars in it, uh, you
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need less time to adapt to the cars.
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So that's a good thing.
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Alright, um, speaking about your sim racing career, um, Are you
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planning something big for yourself?
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Like, uh, do you want to be maybe a part of the eSports team?
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Uh, maybe you want to gain 5K rating, 6K rating, something like this.
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Uh, so tell us more about your plans in the future.
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Um, well, I'm already part of a sim racing United sim team.
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Oh my god, I had to think about that for a second.
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Um, so yeah, and I'm really happy to be there with the people around me, so.
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Um, definitely want to stay there.
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Uh, I guess for my goals.
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I got a couple, um, so they have the Screen Esprit Dream Team,
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which I would love to be a part of.
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Uh, so I'm definitely gonna be aiming for a spot on the team.
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Uh, and it would probably be a great idea to, uh, really gain some iRating
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as well, because it's really low.
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But yeah, uh, I mean that's what you get because I, um, actually
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barely do any official races.
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So everything I do is hosted or in a league.
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Um, I never actually gained any iRating.
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I think I must have been able to get like 3k if I'd actually
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practice and race official races.
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So, that's definitely a good goal as well.
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Yeah, you got a really good plan.
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So, can you tell me about more your, uh, about your sim racing
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team, uh, where you're in?
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Yeah, I'm, I'm in a United sim team and we welcome everybody.
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It doesn't matter who you are, you're always welcome to drive with us.
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We've got a loads of drivers, uh, also different categories.
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So we've got iRacing, ACC, rFactor2, uh, I think there's a couple that are
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still driving a set of courses as well.
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Um, And then we've got Gran Turismo as well, so it really doesn't matter what
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you're gaming on, uh, there's always a place for you at United Sim Team.
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That's awesome, uh, that your team is really flexible with categories,
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because some teams they really only focus on, like, one simulator.
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That's awesome.
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Are you doing any specific preparation before League races?
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Can you tell me more about your routine of how you prepare for the races?
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Oh, my routine is not preparing at all and panicking 10 minutes before
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race start, I think about everything that I haven't done, like, Oh,
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how much fuel do I actually need?
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And then for the last 10 minutes I'm always doing loads of stuff
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that I didn't account for earlier.
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Uh, I'm chaos.
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Yeah, I got no race preparation at all.
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Yeah.
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Alright, uh, the main question, is it working in races?
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Sorry?
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Is it working in races, like you, you're not having any preparation, uh,
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and you're having good results, yes?
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Uh, I, I think, I, I did prepare for Uber Green, uh, the, the e bike racing race.
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Um, but then you don't need to refuel.
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Otherwise, it's not working out, no.
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I, I, I think everyone that followed me knows that I, I did make a couple
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of mistakes in a couple of races, which actually made me take a break
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from racing for a really long time.
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And I actually only started racing again for the ADAC Sim Racing Expo.
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Um, and I think taking a break sometimes works out really well.
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For me it did.
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Yeah, I'm definitely going to change my, um, approach to races.
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Yeah, I think, um, if you, if you're going to have, uh, more practice,
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that's definitely going to give you, uh, more confidence on the track.
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So I think that you notice that because you prepare for, uh,
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SimRacing Expo event, uh, already.
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So you should notice that you felt a lot better.
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Yeah, but we all, you know, sometimes jumping into races without
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practice, it's absolutely okay.
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I'm doing this as well.
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Uh, then I'm like, okay, we're just going to like, practice in the race
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with the other people on the track.
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It's fine.
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Yeah, yeah, but it's really difficult as well because you don't know
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the car and then there has to be just a tiny change that makes you
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spin that you're not prepared for because you haven't practiced enough.
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So I definitely can't recommend it.
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All right, uh, do you have any plans in Maybe one day go to real life racing.
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Uh, not at this moment.
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Um, uh, I think I'm fine with some racing.
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Full roads to real racing.
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I mean, I'm trying.
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Uh, I don't think, um, that I ever get to have the money to do that.
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I mean, I'd like to keep dreaming more of a realistic.
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Yeah, understandable.
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Because in real life racing, definitely, uh, so expensive and
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it's really hard to get into.
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Even if you got good results and, uh, Like, everything,
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you got your talent and speed.
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Um, it's really hard to get sponsors and to get into the team then, unfortunately.
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Um, I hope in the future, maybe it will be, like, more open,
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uh, opportunity for everybody.
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That would be great.
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Uh, especially, you know, You know, we got championships, uh, like,
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uh, Tag Heuer, Porsche, sports, uh, Super Cup, where, um, people can get,
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like, into the real car, can try it.
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So that's a good opportunity.
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So hopefully we'll get, uh, you know, people from sim racing,
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maybe taking a part in, uh, big championships in real life as well.
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Then after they winning, uh, in sim racing, it will be Awesome.
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Yeah, we're really working hard on that.
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Um, but yeah, it's, it's a really big step, and there is
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so many 1000 women out there.
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Um, so yeah, it's definitely possible, just, I think for me
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it's a little bit out of my league.
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But as I said, I'm more of a realistic person, and I mean, if I get a shot at it,
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uh, then I absolutely, I would take it.
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I think I'll stick to some racing for now.
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Let's dream a little bit and imagine like you get an
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opportunity to test the racing car.
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What this car would be for you?
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Like, what is your dream car to drive on the real track?
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It's a very difficult question.
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Uh, I think It'd be the LMP2 Or the F4 because I've driven
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those the most at this time.
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I think it'd really be one of those two All right.
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Yeah It's so difficult to choose between one or the other yeah people
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in chat guess that uh will be LMP2
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And, um, speaking about, uh, the women in, uh, sim racing and
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motorsport also, how do you feel to be a girl in a male dominated sport?
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I mean, it's hard getting women into the whole group, because
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the community is really lovely.
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Um, but that community that I'm in largely consists of only women.
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And, um, for men, it's really hard to lose against women in sim racing.
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And I think You can still see that everywhere.
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So I just hope that we can learn to work together and do things together
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and women against men, but, you know, try to get them both to compete in sim
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racing, but also in real life racing.
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And it'd be so great to see a woman making it into F1 like Susie Wolfe
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did and everyone that went before her.
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But yeah, but I think there's still a lot that needs to change
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before we can see that happen.
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Yeah, I think, um, from my side of view, that's all starting, um, you know, that
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from childhood with splitting things like that's a girl's stuff, that's a boy's
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stuff, so that's all starting from this.
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If this thing, uh, will disappear somehow, uh, because, uh, when I was
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young, uh, my dad led me, like, you can choose whatever toys you want,
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and I always, uh, been choosing the, the cars, so I play with them.
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Uh, so that's why, you know, I've ended, uh, in the karting, and then in real
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life racing, and now in some racing.
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Uh, so I think if, uh, this thing will, uh, disappear, like, uh, people not
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going to split, like, boy stuff and girl stuff, uh, Children can choose
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what they want, like toys to play with.
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Um, then maybe we'll see more girls into karting and into some racing as well.
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Uh, and overall, uh, also boys and guys, they're not going to feel like, Oh my God,
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I've been beaten by the, by the girl and it's a bad thing or something like this.
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So they just, uh, going to treat us as, uh, uh, equal competitors and that's it.
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So I think that's really important.
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Yes.
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Uh, I think that's everything started like from childhood and then going to adult
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life and, uh, the, yeah, that's why we got this situation and, um, definitely
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screen to speed doing the good stuff.
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Uh, so taking more girls and, uh, women into, uh, some
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racing and into racing as well.
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It's really cool to see.
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Yeah, it is.
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Yeah, it's awesome that, uh, that they, they're trying to pave
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a way for us into motorsport.
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Um, and not just, you know, uh, in front of the camera, but also behind the scenes.
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There, there's lots of possibilities, um, which is really commendable.
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And I think Steffi Pau deserves a shout out for this because she tries so
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hard to make this all possible for us.
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And I'm grateful for all that she does.
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Um, and it got me two great experiences.
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One to the US, which was my first time and then to Germany as
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well, where I met so many people.
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So, um, yeah, it's given all of us.
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So many great opportunities, uh, yeah.
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And I really hope that one day we can return the favor by really
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getting women into motor sports.
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Yeah.
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So I absolutely agree with you, uh, that Stefie doing her best for us and,
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uh, Really, uh, dedicated of, uh, what she's doing, uh, for us and for simracing
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and motorsport and that's a good thing.
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Um, so before we wrap up, uh, can you tell me what will be your motto of the life?
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A motto?
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That is I have not thought about that one.
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Oh, I don't think I can answer that.
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It is I am so bad at those things.
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Um,
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if you leave it, you can make it, I think that will be my motto.
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It is the most horrible motto there is.
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No, it's not.
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It's great.
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Okay, thank you so much for taking your time and talking with us.
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That was really fun.
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Thank you so much.
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Yeah, it was.
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Yeah, everyone, thank you so much for joining, and we'll see you on Indie
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Talk next time, on Thursday, next week.
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See you.
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Thank you for watching.
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