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Screen to Speed No.31: Nina Hahn, from Sim Racing Star to Real-Life Racing Dreams · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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  Welcome to Screen to Speed powered by Ennit eSports.
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  The speed starts now.
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  Hi everyone.
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  Welcome to new talks.
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  Uh, happy to see everybody here.
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  Uh, today we got Nina.
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  Han, she's a licensed racing driver, uh, also racing store for one of the
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  biggest, uh, league in racing ever, uh, and some racing, uh, driver for Olympus
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  Esports and also part of the Dream Team.
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  Welcome, Nina.
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  Hello!
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  Happy to have you here.
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  Uh, so can you tell me a bit more about the Dream Team and let's start
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  from this and, uh, what, uh, event you're planning to do in the future?
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  Sure.
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  Yeah, sure.
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  So, um, the dream team is basically a team that was created out of the
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  screen to speed movement, basically, where we had just, um, the first
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  event we did was the VCO infinity.
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  And for that, we needed like a, Yeah, a bit more of a fixed team that could do
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  like bigger events together and for the VCO Infinity it was me, um, BaltzGewisser,
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  for example, um, Yvonne as well and, um, Victoria Mello and Sarah Dove.
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  Did I miss anyone?
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  I don't think so.
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  I don't think so.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah.
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  And, um, so we now have our newest addition Esmeralda as well.
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  So, um, we are planning to do the 24 hours of Daytona in January together,
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  probably as like, um, four driver team.
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  In, yeah, we'll see like probably LMP2 class, but we're not entirely
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  set on that yet, but already looking forward to, um, to that race.
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  Yeah, Daytona will be one of the biggest events in racing, definitely.
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  We're going to have a bunch of teams, a lot of drivers, and, uh,
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  not a big fan of LMP2, to be honest, but, uh, if you enjoy that, I'll be
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  happy to, to see you in Daytona 24.
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  Um, how was it for you to be the part of the Dream Team and, uh, No, but what's
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  different in this team compared to other, uh, where you take a part also?
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  Yeah, it's really cool.
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  Um, because also because it's under the umbrella of the, um, screen or rather
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  under init esports, uh, we had great connections to different companies
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  and everything also to people who were able to coach us and just give
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  us very, very good insights so we can prepare very well for events and also
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  obviously having, um, A great realized driver, like, by the team is always a
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  huge, like, number one, a huge honor.
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  And also just, um, yeah, amazing to be, um, driving with her.
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  Also, I met her after our first race, then at the 24 hours of Nordschleife.
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  Or like, of Nürburgring, I think is the official name, and that was
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  very cool, so I'm really glad that I got asked to be on this team, and
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  yeah, can't wait for the next race.
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  Yeah, I wish you good luck for this race, definitely will be a great event,
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  I'm waiting for it also, I think I'm going to take a part in it with Olympus
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  Sport, as I did the two previous years, um, what was your brightest sim
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  racing event which you did in the past?
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  Well The biggest, or like, where I got, like, the biggest prize, uh,
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  was the, uh, Scream 2 Speed Invita Women's Day Invitational last year,
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  where I, um, won, actually, like, a sim rig from, uh, Sabbelt, which
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  is just, like, an awesome prize.
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  And, um, there are, there are many great races, though.
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  So, for example, I think two weeks ago, I also did like the 23 hours of
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  Zolder, like Jimmy Broadbent's, um, race for charity, you know, where we
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  could race, I think over a hundred thousand pounds, which is insane.
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  Wow.
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  And yeah, it's, it's crazy.
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  And yeah, there are many great races.
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  Obviously, like the first, um, 24 hour race I did with Olympus,
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  for example, was a great one.
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  Also then, um, where we won a Daytona 24 hour race, an hour split as well.
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  And yeah, there are plenty of really, really cool races and they
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  are all special in their own way.
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  Yeah, understandable.
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  I'm in the same way.
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  So when someone asks me like, can you highlight the one event?
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  I just can't do this because a lot of really cool races, a lot of nice events
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  happen in sim racing all the time.
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  And especially in the racing.
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  Um, can you tell me, uh, when did you start sim racing and how was it?
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  How?
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  How did you get into this passion?
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  Um, that's a bit tricky to answer because I was playing Need for Speed as
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  a kid, you know, here and there, like Underground 2 and those kind of games.
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  And after that, I didn't really drive much or wasn't really that into it.
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  interested in cars actively, uh, until probably like around 2016
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  where I, uh, got like a cheap wheel.
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  It was like, I think a Thrustmaster T150 or something.
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  And I did dirt rally on that one because it was just, it seemed like a cool
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  challenge to just, you know, race with like pace notes, and then I did that for
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  a little bit and also did like project cars or set a course and stuff, but never
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  really like as what you would call sim racing, and it only started in, I think,
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  2018, where I wanted to take it a bit more serious because I was part of the
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  formula student team of my university.
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  And we always had a driver selection where the fastest two of our team would be able
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  to drive the race car internationally against other universities.
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  And I obviously wanted to do that.
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  And that's where I also created my iRacing account and started practicing a bit.
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  And then in the 2019 season, I was fast enough to qualify as one of
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  the two main drivers for our team.
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  And it's.
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  Such an amazing experience that I'll never forget in my life.
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  Awesome.
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  Um, so can you tell me, um, what equipment?
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  So you already tell me that you had a Thrustmaster T150.
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, can you tell me what do you got now?
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  And, uh, Also, it will be great to know, uh, what was the big, uh,
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  biggest improvements in your equipment.
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  Because, uh, for example, for me, there was, uh, definitely low tail pedals.
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  So, when I switched from G27 pedals, uh, to TLCMs, I was like, Wow, I can,
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  you know, consistently, uh, brake in and control the car in a better way.
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  So, for me, there was, uh, just game, uh, Changer, uh, what was
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  it, uh, what it was for you?
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  Uh, yeah, definitely.
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  Uh, I would also probably say it's load cell pedals, uh,
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  or like a load cell break.
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  That's the most important one and Yeah, I At first when I got this load cell
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  pedals, I didn't have a rig to mount them.
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  So I had to practice pushing down with my heel on the base plate as to not like flip
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  away the pedals when I brake harder and that was quite difficult because at the
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  time I was living in a student dorm and I had an old BMW, just a street car BMW seat
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  just on the floor propped against like a thing so it wouldn't fall over and then
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  my pedals and still the T150 mounted on the on the desk and that's where I really
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  break properly and how to, um, yeah, how to do it more with the muscle tensing
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  up instead of the movement of your foot.
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  And then obviously another great improvement, which is similar to that
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  one was when I got like a proper rig, like the one that's behind me here.
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  And also with that, I had a used, um, wheel base.
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  It's.
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  It's the one I still use, it's the CSL Elite from Fanatec.
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  It's still belt driven, um, but that's definitely way better
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  than the T150 I had back then.
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  Also it allowed me to just have different wheels, so I have a formula wheel and
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  a round wheel depending on if I drive NASCAR or formula stuff and everything.
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  And for me, my rig, I always wanted to race in a formula style.
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  Rick, so that's why I have here.
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  I always like laying down very much and it's very comfy.
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  And that's also what I just knew from the Formula student, you know, those,
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  those were like open wheel race cars and you're laying in the car completely.
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  So that's the position I was the most comfortable in and still am.
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  And yeah, that's probably the second like big improvement I had.
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  I think that Rick is really important because uh, driving position, uh, So
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  you, you have to feel comfortable, uh, in your rig and to race for many hours.
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  Sometimes we're having like really long endurance races.
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  Yeah.
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  And such a stuff.
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  Yeah, exactly.
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  Um, can you tell me, so you mentioned that you, uh, doing ovals
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  and, uh, I know that you're doing road, uh, races in that racing.
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  Uh, can you tell me more about, uh, how is it to be in ovals?
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  Is it a lot more different compared to road racing?
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  Yeah, like the type of driving is definitely quite different because you're
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  It's very meditating after a while, in my opinion, and it requires a bit of
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  a different skill set, because you're always kind of on like the edge of grip,
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  but if you're overstepping it, even if you're not losing the car, but you're
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  overheating the tires way too much, so you have to really, Be very careful
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  how you load the tires and everything.
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  And yeah, it's just different.
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  But I think overall that also makes you a better driver.
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  If you're able to drive multiple different types of racing.
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  That's also one of the reasons why I then in iRacing went to get all my ILS.
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  A licenses on every, um, how do you say, like every class.
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  So on Oval, on Road back then, before the split, and then Dirt Oval and Dirt Road.
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  I got A class in all of those.
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  But also on the side, I did a bit of drifting in a set of Corsa, for example.
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  And Every bit of, yeah, different driving styles that you learn, I think,
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  improves how you drive any other car.
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  Yeah, that's true.
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  Um, I think the Ovals also give me a lot of different
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  experience compared to road races.
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  Uh, so you get opportunity to drive side by side with everybody.
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  For the whole race, like, you're not getting this in road races, usually.
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  Um, it's a great experience, definitely, and, uh, when someone coming to my
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  streams, I also recommend them, like, you have to try all those, that's different
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  experience, you're going to gain, um, some different skills which going to
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  help you, uh, in road races as well.
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  Yeah, very much.
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  And also with Oval, for me, I drive in VR, and I, especially on Oval, that is a
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  real, like, it helps so much because you can just quickly glance to your right or
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  to your left and see if the car is still there, how far it is away and everything,
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  and it being three dimensional gives you like a very natural understanding
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  of how How much space you have and yeah to avoid crashes and everything also
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  if cars are spinning in front of you It's in my opinion way easier to judge
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  distances and how to avoid crashes and everything So that's my preferred way
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  to drive in vr Yeah, vr is awesome.
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  Uh, unfortunately, I didn't have opportunity to try it in a racing.
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  Uh, try it Long time ago in the set of Corsa that was in 2017 or something like
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  this, but it was like, wow, you know, you actually like sitting in a race car.
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  It was a great feeling.
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  Definitely.
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  So, yeah.
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  I think that if I will have opportunity in the future, I'll get VR just to try it.
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  Uh, because, uh, in my opinion, I think triple screen is great for, um,
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  you know, long races, some endurances, and for streams, of course, but,
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  uh, uh, for different feelings, for, uh, like, great emotions, I
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  think VR is a cool thing to have.
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  Yeah, definitely.
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  And I I like the realism of it, because I, I drive lots of open wheel
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  stuff, so formula cars, for example, and I, I just like using a minimal
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  amount of overlays or anything, so I even turn the virtual mirror off a
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  lot of the time and just drive with the in car mirrors, which is cool.
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  don't really work on like screens in my opinion but in VR if you move your
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  head it also like changes what you see in the mirror like in a real mirror
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  and that just yeah to me is that's how I want to learn how to drive because
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  I have very um yeah real expectations or goals in real life racing and there
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  you don't have a virtual mirror that just floats around above your head.
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  So you need to use the actual mirrors and I want to just have
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  that muscle memory and just being comfortable with grabbing mirrors.
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  Yeah, that's great.
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  Uh, can you tell me what is your, uh, favorite combo right now in a racing?
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  I know that you in a racing most of the time.
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  Uh, so can you tell me your favorite oval combo and your
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  favorite road combo as well?
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  Um, oval is difficult because I I don't have that many tracks, to be honest, but I
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  always enjoy the short tracks, definitely.
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  So, um, also, like, in, like, the lower powered cars, so not really, like,
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  the big NASCARs, they are fun as well.
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  But especially something like the Street Stock or something is really
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  Those on short ovals is just where my biggest enjoyment in ovals comes from.
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  And then on road, yeah, as I said, I drive mostly formula cars.
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  And there is just, um, Road Atlanta, like F4 on Road Atlanta,
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  or also Super Formula Lights.
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  They're just great on that track.
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  And then if you go, um, To like sports car, I guess probably the
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  LMP two is one of my favorites.
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  And then track is difficult because I wanna say the North
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  Lifer, but that doesn't fit very well with the LMP two , uh,
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  So yeah, there are many great tracks.
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  I mean, I like Daytona, obviously.
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  Um, I.
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  Trying to think of more.
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  Yeah, I think probably still wrote Atlanta.
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  I just I love that track.
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  It's it's a great track So you wrote Atlanta girls as I yeah, definitely
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  I really really want to drive on that track in real life at some point.
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  Yeah me too I think that's a great track with all the elevation changes
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  and it's hard to drive and at the same time It's like, you know roller coaster.
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  It's so it gives you a lot of excitement when you drive in it
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  even in simulator it's So, uh, cool.
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  And, you know, when some, uh, crashes happen in Nessus, for example, you
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  getting, uh, this fear and, you know, even in the simulator, it's cool.
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  And even like in, that's also a track that is very rewarding if you get
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  it right, in my opinion, especially something like turn three or something
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  where if you're doing it right, you can easily get like two tens or something.
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  And then, um, that's always.
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  Yeah.
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  It's just so rewarding if you absolutely hit, hit it and
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  everything and then, uh, yeah.
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  Yeah, that's true.
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  I absolutely agree with you.
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  Uh, let's return back a little bit to your past.
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  So you mentioned that you, uh, did some formal student, I, uh, read
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  that you did this, uh, project also in your, uh, like university.
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  Can you tell me more about this?
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  Uh, yeah.
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  So it's like a, um.
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  design competition, I think is the best translation, where university students
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  build a race car every year, year, and just race against other universities
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  on tracks across, like, we went to tracks in Europe, there's also tracks
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  in Australia and the US and everything.
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  And, uh, yeah, it's.
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  Our car was, to give like some example, our car was less than 400 pounds,
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  so less than 180 kilograms, but it had over 80 horsepower, and that,
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  that, like, with like a huge aero package, you had up to like three G's
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  during cornering, which was insane.
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  It's really, really crazy to drive and, um, yeah, it's, it's probably the
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  craziest car I'll drive in my life.
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  And you actually can see like here, a picture of it.
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  I can also get it closer if you want to see.
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  Um, To maybe, maybe I should do that.
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  Yeah, that gives you a bit more Yeah, you can of a, of a perspective of
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  what those kind of cars look like if you've never seen one before.
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  So it's, uh, can you see this?
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  Yes.
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  Yeah.
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  Wow.
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  And so, yeah, these are insane . Um, yeah, I was part of
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  that team in the aerodynamics.
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  So I, yeah, did a lot of CFD and also CAD to, yeah, design and simulate
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  all the aerodynamics on the car.
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  And that's also a big passion of mine, like aerodynamics in general,
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  especially like also, In Formula One, when you always see like the
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  little new things that they add and everything, that's, that's really where
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  my passion lies for those kind of cars.
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  Um, yeah.
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  And then I, obviously in 2019, as I said, I managed to be a driver for that team.
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  So I was driving on the Hockenheimring, the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
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  Circo de Catalunya in Barcelona in Spain and I mean not the full layout,
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  like a shorter layout, but still it's so incredible to drive like on real
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  racetracks and in these kind of cars and against other universities, obviously.
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  So, yeah, it's a very, very cool experience.
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  That's great.
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  Yeah, car looks awesome.
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  And also with a lot of fire stuff.
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  I love it.
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  Uh, can you tell me, was it your first ever experience in real
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  life or you did maybe some karting before or something like this?
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  Well, I did like rental karting like a few times.
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  But not really that much.
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  Um, mainly as a kid.
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  And, obviously, as a kid I already really enjoyed it and told my parents, Yeah, I
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  want to do this more and here and there.
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  But like, you know, my parents just weren't able to afford that.
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  Which is, you know, that's normal, I guess.
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  Because it can get expensive quite quickly.
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  So, uh, I couldn't pursue it back then.
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  And then I kind of forgot about it, as I said, until I was much older.
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  And yeah, then like rental cars here and there.
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  But that was the first time in an actual race car on,
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  like in an actual competition.
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  And yeah, that's, that's very much where I, where my passion for, driving race
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  cars really took off because obviously it was there before that's why I practiced
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  for it but it's it's something like if you if you've driven a race car once
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  then you yeah you always want to continue yeah that's true it's uh it give you
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  great emotions and adrenaline and all this stuff yeah it's It's so exciting.
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  I think you also drove like, uh, some real race cars at some point, right?
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  Yes, I did some, uh, karting.
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  So I started from nine years old, uh, did professional karting, uh,
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  won four times championship of Kazakhstan, then moved to open Villers.
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  I did, um, Like, right now it's old school, uh, because I did
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  Formula Bart, uh, it's with a stick gearbox, uh, and, uh, Awesome.
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  It was a 200 horsepower, 1.
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  4 turbo engine.
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  It was really cool.
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  So this car, actually, between Formula 4 and Formula 3, so it's a little
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  bit faster, uh, than Formula 4, uh, with, uh, better aero and everything.
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  Um, yeah, this car was really fun to drive, and also I did
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  some formal BMW, uh, at Sepang.
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  I'm still waiting, uh, when I race and go on to add this track,
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  because I read somewhere, uh, that they're planning to do this.
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  Uh, absolutely amazing track.
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  Um, so yeah, uh, that was great experience, uh, which I had and, uh, also
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  give me a lot of skills, which I, uh, continue to improve in sim racing as well.
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  Yeah.
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  That's also something that I noticed.
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  Like if you, if you felt what a real race car is doing in real life, it's,
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  it's definitely giving you skills that you can translate into sim.
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  And the other way around as well.
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  So, um, it, it tells you kind of like what the tire does.
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  And, um, yeah, it just makes it to me easier to like drive
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  right on the slip angle.
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  Because I kind of know what it felt like in real life and yeah, yeah,
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  that's true Can you tell me you did also some electric formal for?
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  Tell me more about this event and how much time you spent in the car and how is it?
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  To compare to the virtual one which we got in a racing Um, yeah, that was
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  for a driver selection, um, sponsored by racing pride for like a full season
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  in that championship that was planned.
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  It would, would have been a support series of the ETCR, which would have
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  been a support series of Formula E.
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  So it would have been even broadcast on television and everything.
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  Uh, sadly that didn't like, Didn't end up happening.
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  Um, I also didn't get the seat, which, which is fair enough.
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  There are other amazing rivers there, but it was electric formula four.
• 23:29
  So it was like a prototype.
• 23:31
  Um, on a formula four chassis, but.
• 23:35
  And it was a day at Zolder.
• 23:39
  We spent the whole day there.
• 23:41
  I was in the car twice.
• 23:43
  I couldn't even say how many laps I did.
• 23:45
  Um, and yeah, it was, it was just overall amazing to be driving like a bigger car.
• 23:54
  race car.
• 23:55
  Like the Formula students, as I said, were great and everything, but they
• 23:58
  are also, um, very short geared.
• 24:02
  So like the top speed was in fourth gear, like 140 or something, 150 maybe, but
• 24:10
  like the straights were also very short.
• 24:12
  And then being in a Formula 4 on like a full race track with like long straights
• 24:17
  and everything, it just, uh, yeah, gave you a completely, not completely, but like
• 24:23
  a bit of a different racing experience.
• 24:25
  because he had more time on the straights to actually like,
• 24:28
  yeah, breathe for a second.
• 24:31
  But, um, yeah, it's also like one of my absolute highlights that I
• 24:35
  did in racing because how cool is it to be driving a Formula 4 car,
• 24:40
  obviously, especially for someone who loves Formula cars, open wheel cars.
• 24:44
  And, um, they're like, the first stint I went out was kind of more
• 24:48
  like, uh, okay, get comfortable with the car and the track and everything.
• 24:52
  And yeah, that's, um, That was more like siding laps and just
• 24:58
  checking the car and everything.
• 24:59
  And then in the second stint, it was more like, okay, now, um, go faster and like,
• 25:05
  you know, try the car and everything.
• 25:07
  And that's when really the suspension started working.
• 25:10
  So you could actually, when you load the tires and everything, you can really feel
• 25:14
  the suspension like moving and everything.
• 25:16
  Because before that it was quite stiff because you're going slow, but
• 25:20
  with a bit of speed, the car felt so natural and so great to drive.
• 25:23
  Um, obviously it being electric, I had to adjust my throttle control a
• 25:28
  little because you have all the torque instantly if you push the pedal.
• 25:33
  So I spun once on throttle, but I wasn't the only one, so that's fine.
• 25:39
  Uh, it was a new experience for all of us and yeah, I would have, would have
• 25:43
  loved to drive that car more often and who knows, maybe stuff develops
• 25:49
  in the future or something, but, uh, yeah, it's, it was a great experience
• 25:53
  and comparing it to iRacing, it's kind of similar, but also different.
• 25:58
  Obviously, it not being electric on iRacing, but with a combustion engine
• 26:03
  makes it a bit different how you can apply the throttle also because it like the F4,
• 26:08
  for example, doesn't have that much power.
• 26:10
  So you can.
• 26:11
  don't have to be that gentle on the throttle.
• 26:15
  But the general physics of it is really good.
• 26:18
  It's really comparable to how it felt on the, yeah, in the real car.
• 26:23
  And every time, just driving F4 and Zolder, it's just bringing back memories.
• 26:29
  And it's, it's just, yeah, such a cool thing.
• 26:33
  And yeah, Yeah, that's great.
• 26:36
  I also, uh, I raced, uh, at Formula 4 in 2019.
• 26:40
  That was exactly the same chassis which we got in a racing, uh, and notice the same
• 26:44
  thing as you, so it's, it's really close in a racing to what we got in real life.
• 26:49
  It's, it's really cool, actually, to finally drive the car which
• 26:52
  you, uh, drove in real life and then you Guided in simulator.
• 26:56
  It's a great feeling.
• 26:58
  Yeah, I absolutely agree with you.
• 27:01
  Yeah, definitely and also like the Um cars for the year era championship back
• 27:07
  then They were still based on the older one without the halo So, that was also
• 27:12
  a cool experience, um, and that's also where I learned that in Formula cars, the
• 27:17
  mirrors can't really see much in them, so.
• 27:22
  You very much have to, have to trust everyone around you, but also give the
• 27:26
  other cars, um, space, which is something that, um, oftentimes is when people only
• 27:32
  drive the sim I think they don't have that much of a feel for it because they
• 27:38
  always expect you to have like your mirror set up or like a spotter or anything but
• 27:42
  in real life you don't have that always and sometimes you just can't see much in
• 27:47
  your mirrors and you if you're leaving the pits then or if you're driving and
• 27:52
  someone else is leaving the pits you just must expect them to not be able to see
• 27:57
  you because that's how it is sometimes And But that's also like where I get a
• 28:03
  bit of a reflex to just avoid incidents in sim because I just Tend to give people
• 28:10
  a little bit more space which then just doesn't create these like weird situations
• 28:15
  where it's inevitable that you get a contact and I think that also has Um, had
• 28:21
  a big impact that I know how little you see and also the kind of, I don't want to
• 28:27
  call it fear, but if you, if you go into a corner really fast in real life, it
• 28:32
  just, it's different than in sim because you feel the G forces and the speed.
• 28:37
  And it's just, it's, it's something that the sim doesn't get across, which is fair
• 28:42
  enough, but, um, it's, it's something that makes it way more, you can appreciate
• 28:47
  real race car drivers way more if you know what it, These corners can feel
• 28:52
  like and then seeing people in F1 or even other motorsports just absolutely
• 28:57
  sending It's so amazing to see As you mentioned, uh about the view in the
• 29:03
  formal car, I just remember, uh my first time, uh in Test session and formulas.
• 29:10
  So I switched from karting and you know in karting you like you're sitting outside.
• 29:14
  You can see everything Just like on on the bike, for example so when I
• 29:20
  first time get into the formal car was like How I'm going to erase the track,
• 29:25
  like I can't see anything, you know?
• 29:28
  Yeah, you can see like the top of the tires and then like to your left
• 29:32
  are like the big headrests and you have a hands device so you can't move
• 29:36
  your head forward and you can only do this and you don't see much else.
• 29:40
  Yeah, true, you know, that was a, that was a big shock for me.
• 29:44
  But then after some time, I just, you know, lab by lab.
• 29:47
  Uh, started to get used to that and it just, uh, you know, more natural.
• 29:52
  And then you like kind of feel the car as a part of you and, uh, you
• 29:57
  can, uh, keep the distance to other cars and yeah, do all the stuff.
• 30:04
  Uh, can you tell me, are you more, um, like fuel head person or are you uh, enjoy
• 30:11
  that we uh, got more electric cars and racing as well and on the streets also?
• 30:19
  Um, well it's a, it's a cool technology definitely and also I'm, I'm a mechanic,
• 30:26
  you know, in real life as a job.
• 30:27
  Um, so I, I work on both.
• 30:31
  Um, and there, They're just different, you know, they, they
• 30:34
  both have their pros and cons.
• 30:36
  Obviously, like sound and emotion is more in combustion engines.
• 30:42
  But also with modern, very modern combustion engines, they're like running
• 30:46
  so perfectly and everything that you don't have that much raw emotion anyway.
• 30:54
  So electric is cool, but I still prefer just a combustion engine because it's,
• 31:01
  you know, I don't know, it's, it's the way that it develops power, it just feels more
• 31:06
  raw and more, with more emotions to me.
• 31:10
  Um, which is also a big part of driving, you know, you want to enjoy it, not just
• 31:13
  be fast, but you want to enjoy being fast.
• 31:16
  And I'm not saying you can't do that with electric, but it's, it's just different.
• 31:21
  And obviously driving it itself is different, because as I said,
• 31:24
  throttle application, because you have all the torque instantly if you
• 31:28
  want it, which is a pro and a con.
• 31:30
  It's just different.
• 31:30
  Hmm.
• 31:31
  You know, it, it depends on how, how good you can control your right foot.
• 31:35
  Um, but yeah, it's, um, it's just different.
• 31:40
  It's, mm-Hmm, difficult to compare.
• 31:44
  Yeah.
• 31:44
  To be honest, I, uh, can't imagine that, uh, NASCAR going to go for Ines car one
• 31:50
  day, uh, because I just really enjoy when they go in on the all holes and
• 31:54
  with the, with this, uh, engines and, you know, like, here's a 40 cars on track.
• 31:59
  It's, uh, it's great.
• 32:01
  Yeah, and especially, I think, if you're going to watch motorsports as a fan, like
• 32:06
  in the stands, part of why you're going is the sound, at least that's it for me.
• 32:12
  And I understand that cars don't have to be insanely loud, like they used to
• 32:18
  be, uh, but I think a certain level of volume and just like, you know, like that
• 32:24
  the air vibrates around you, uh, that's for me part of motorsports kind of.
• 32:30
  And.
• 32:31
  With electric, you don't have it, or like, at least you can probably, it depends.
• 32:37
  Like, I also saw, for example, a company that, um, swapped like an
• 32:42
  E36, I think, BMW E36, to fully electric with straight cut gears.
• 32:48
  And a lot of sound was coming from the straight cut gearbox, but they
• 32:51
  also had electric motors that were built for motorsports, so not for
• 32:55
  passenger cars, so they weren't quiet, but they actually made sound.
• 32:59
  And that was very interesting as well.
• 33:01
  And Who knows, like, if the development goes in that direction, then I can
• 33:05
  definitely see how electric sound can also be very, yeah, and joyful and passionate.
• 33:12
  Yeah, alright, um, I think I agree with you, like, uh, you know, we just
• 33:18
  have to accept that technology is going forward and, uh, probably we're going
• 33:23
  to have some series with electric.
• 33:25
  Cars, uh, some of this year is going to stay with, uh, um, like classic engines.
• 33:31
  Um, so that's absolutely okay.
• 33:33
  I was, uh, really against electric cars, uh, maybe five years ago or so.
• 33:38
  Uh, but right now I see them on the streets and it's really cool.
• 33:41
  Um, one time I was in taxi, it was fully electric car and it's really quiet.
• 33:46
  So as a passenger, you really, uh, enjoy that, like no vibration and, uh, you just
• 33:53
  chilling and uh, enjoy the, the journey.
• 33:56
  It's, it's really cool.
• 33:58
  Yeah.
• 33:59
  Um, I just read, uh, in the chat and I see like, I think your
• 34:03
  webcam is frozen, just saying.
• 34:05
  Um, but yeah, it's like, um, in definitely in passenger cars, it's a
• 34:11
  huge pro because it's just comfortable.
• 34:14
  You don't hear much and you just, yeah, like, um, I worked at a BMW dealership.
• 34:20
  So I had also a lot of, um, new cars, like the new, I don't know, BMW i7, for
• 34:26
  example, which is an absolute spaceship.
• 34:28
  And it's just so comfortable because it's just quiet.
• 34:33
  You can, you can drive for hours and hours and it's just quiet, which is obviously
• 34:40
  like for a passenger car, a great thing.
• 34:42
  But for racing, I just, um, I like the sound of race cars.
• 34:47
  So yeah, me too.
• 34:48
  I agree with you.
• 34:50
  In that, uh, can you tell me a bit more about the event, which you did also in
• 34:54
  real life, there was a formula woman.
• 34:57
  Yeah.
• 34:57
  So can you tell me a bit more about?
• 34:59
  Yeah.
• 35:00
  Uh, yeah, that was also a, um, a competition that I did this April,
• 35:06
  I believe it was start of April.
• 35:08
  Um, that was in the UK at cattle park, uh, which was very cool
• 35:12
  because it was exclusively for women.
• 35:15
  And the winner of the event, uh, got like a race seat in a radical series in the UK.
• 35:22
  And, uh, yeah, it was a three day competition with, um, also some very
• 35:28
  cool, uh, just, uh, talks that we attended and like great people talking and like
• 35:35
  talking about the experience, but also how to, you know, not just drive, but
• 35:40
  also how to be healthy and how to.
• 35:42
  yeah, care for yourself on the off time when you're not racing and everything.
• 35:46
  So I was very informative and um, then we obviously got on track and we had
• 35:53
  um, I think I went on track three times and um, the last time was in a BMW M,
• 36:02
  no, M240 or something, like not an M2 but like one of these like slightly
• 36:09
  below and uh, yeah, that was great.
• 36:12
  It was really tricky conditions, so it was like drizzling on and off and, you
• 36:16
  know, perfect British weather, obviously.
• 36:19
  And, uh, Kerbal Park is an amazing track.
• 36:24
  I definitely recommend driving there on like a track day if you get the chance.
• 36:28
  Because it's, it's quite narrow, but it's also very three dimensional, so you have a
• 36:32
  lot of like ups and downs and everything.
• 36:34
  And it's just great fun, especially in the wet, because The car was
• 36:38
  constantly dancing and you had to really like make sure not to overstep
• 36:43
  it and just Push it but not overstep it and then apart from the driving.
• 36:48
  We also then had Fitness assessments.
• 36:50
  We had media training.
• 36:52
  We had also some some Technological things where like brake bias setup
• 36:57
  stuff was discussed and I got all the way into the finals Actually, I also
• 37:02
  have like the uh little glass trophy.
• 37:04
  I have yes Here for being in the final And um, yeah also a great experience uh
• 37:12
  so You Definitely if they, if they're going to do another event, I'm definitely
• 37:17
  going to take part in that as well.
• 37:19
  And yeah, it was, I think around like 70 women or something.
• 37:23
  And I got into like the last 15 and, um, yeah, I'm, I'm kind of proud of that one.
• 37:30
  And it was a great, great experience all around because just being around like
• 37:35
  a full paddock of women who are into motorsports, it's just so cool because
• 37:39
  you, you really don't have that usually.
• 37:42
  It's mostly guys and like, maybe there's one other girl, but
• 37:46
  oftentimes you're the only one.
• 37:49
  And, um, yeah, it was just cool to have like all women around and everyone
• 37:53
  was so supportive and it was just a great atmosphere and I can fully
• 37:57
  recommend that for any women out there.
• 38:01
  Yeah, that sounds, uh, similar to W Series event, so it was a part in, uh,
• 38:07
  selection event in, uh, January 2019.
• 38:11
  Uh, it was a really cool experience, so I didn't get, unfortunately, into, uh,
• 38:15
  the W Series, uh, because, you know, that there was a first time when I
• 38:19
  was driving, so we've been in Austria.
• 38:22
  Um, on the small track, uh, small racing track.
• 38:26
  And, uh, it was a January with winter tires.
• 38:29
  We had a Porsche Cayman, um, GTS, and they give us some kind of, you know,
• 38:36
  drifting exercises, something like this.
• 38:38
  So it wasn't really good at this, uh, because I, I just, you know,
• 38:43
  didn't have experience with, uh, like road cars on the racing track ever.
• 38:47
  So it dropped only, uh, like karting and then open wheelers.
• 38:50
  Um, So, yeah, it was really hard for me, but, uh, the atmosphere and, uh, a
• 38:55
  lot of, uh, women, uh, on this event, it was, uh, it was great to see.
• 39:00
  Um, because they all really, uh, dedicated into what they're doing
• 39:05
  and, yeah, that was awesome.
• 39:06
  And that's kind of sad that W Series, uh, just, uh, like, cancelled and, um,
• 39:13
  no longer, uh, having any racing seasons, uh, but it was really, uh, great.
• 39:18
  Uh, fun, like three years for this series and this selection event, um, was great.
• 39:24
  Yeah, I bet.
• 39:25
  Like the whole series was great.
• 39:27
  Yeah.
• 39:27
  I always, obviously support women in motorsports and that was just such
• 39:31
  a cool series to see, like just all women, but also with F1 Academy.
• 39:36
  That's also just like every time like cool to watch because I know it's just
• 39:41
  it's just cool to see like women being represented that like majorly In motor
• 39:47
  sports as well these days because for a long time, I guess it just wasn't a thing
• 39:53
  But that's, that's starting to change a bit and I'm very glad about that.
• 39:58
  And yeah.
• 40:00
  Yeah, me too.
• 40:00
  I can notice that, uh, like more women, uh, working in motorsports
• 40:05
  also appear in sim racing and it's a really cool thing to see.
• 40:09
  Um, how do you feel overall, uh, to be a girl in sim racing?
• 40:13
  Uh, do you maybe meet some toxic people here or like a community most,
• 40:20
  mostly, uh, welcome and friendly?
• 40:25
  Yeah, it depends what kind of stuff you drive.
• 40:27
  Definitely.
• 40:29
  Uh, so like on like road or formula stuff, I usually don't have issues.
• 40:35
  Um, people are usually fine.
• 40:37
  Um, yeah.
• 40:39
  Ovals is probably also fine, but like, dirt ovals is oftentimes
• 40:44
  not that welcoming to women.
• 40:47
  Um, I usually just turn off the voice chat, um, which, which is fine, you
• 40:51
  know, it's, I don't know, if it's, if it's their guys like, place, then sure,
• 40:55
  whatever, they can do whatever they want.
• 40:57
  I just, I needed to do quite a few races for my A license there, and
• 41:01
  then I just, um, yeah, I did hear some not so nice things, and like,
• 41:06
  you do get these, like, occasionally.
• 41:08
  But I think at this stage, it's oftentimes, um, not
• 41:13
  that much of a problem.
• 41:14
  Like, yeah, as I said, like, sometimes you get just toxic people,
• 41:19
  but I guess everyone gets it.
• 41:21
  And, um, yeah, it's, it's just easy to, to call out girls for being girls in cars.
• 41:28
  But I think overall, um, people are also happy to see women in sim racing.
• 41:33
  Because, uh, yeah, it's, I don't know, it's just, it's just cool.
• 41:37
  And we're all, we're all on track to be fast.
• 41:40
  So, you know, it shouldn't matter what gender you are.
• 41:43
  Yeah, that's true.
• 41:45
  Um, I think that everybody equal, especially in sim racing, where you
• 41:50
  don't have, like, some physical, maybe, advantage from guys, yeah?
• 41:55
  Compared to girls.
• 41:56
  So, it's great to see that we got more, uh, women into sim racing.
• 42:03
  And I noticed from my side that, uh, your community kind of welcome, um,
• 42:08
  Most of the time and, uh, it's great.
• 42:11
  You can maybe have some toxic people in Oval sometimes that see tracks for me.
• 42:16
  Um, but you know, that's okay.
• 42:18
  You just turn off the chat or just mute these drivers and yeah.
• 42:22
  And then enjoy the race.
• 42:23
  Uh, like it's okay.
• 42:24
  Yeah, it's, uh, exactly.
• 42:27
  Don't, don't let those people ruin your day.
• 42:28
  Yeah.
• 42:29
  It's not worth it, like, who are they to tell you something?
• 42:32
  That's true, yeah.
• 42:34
  If you believe in yourself, you can do it.
• 42:37
  Yeah, that's the most important thing, I think.
• 42:41
  So yeah, most of the community are really Welcome friendly and they trying to help
• 42:46
  me help you they trying to guide you for the Some racing and it's it's really
• 42:51
  cool to have and to see as well Um, so I know that you are part of Olympus team.
• 42:59
  Uh, can you give me more information about this?
• 43:02
  How is it for you?
• 43:02
  for you to be, uh, the part of this team.
• 43:05
  Um, you know, when we started, uh, when Charles started Olympus eSport, uh,
• 43:11
  there was really small team and right now just, uh, uh, see a lot of drivers.
• 43:15
  Uh, I didn't know them and, uh, that's a huge team right now.
• 43:18
  It's a pretty cool to be part of it.
• 43:21
  Definitely.
• 43:23
  Yeah, it's really cool how it evolved.
• 43:24
  So I joined the team in.
• 43:27
  2022, I believe, uh, because I, I was getting my rig and I started to drive more
• 43:33
  again because I hadn't been driving for like two or three years at that point.
• 43:37
  So like when everyone during COVID started doing sim racing, I kind of, I
• 43:43
  didn't like, I, I just had other stuff to do and, um, I just didn't race a lot.
• 43:49
  And then I moved, um, I moved again and, um, finally got like a proper rig and
• 43:56
  I didn't have to put my wheel away and on again all the time So I could just
• 44:01
  always like just hop in it's just ready and that made a huge change and after
• 44:06
  a while I then Just felt the need of like hey, I want to do endurance events.
• 44:11
  I want to be part of a team I want to you know, talk to people be in a community or
• 44:15
  something and then I went on the iRacing forums and I And, as luck would have it, I
• 44:21
  saw, like, an opening for, yeah, Olympus.
• 44:25
  And I just texted and then joined them and everything.
• 44:28
  And the first race I did was actually the Majors 24 in 2022, I believe, yeah.
• 44:35
  And since then I've just always been with Olympus.
• 44:39
  Like, currently I don't do a lot of races because I have quite a
• 44:41
  bit of stuff to do with school.
• 44:44
  But, yeah, I definitely want to do sim racing more and
• 44:48
  definitely from December onwards.
• 44:50
  I should have more time again.
• 44:52
  So especially over the winter, I plan to do a lot of racing also officials
• 44:56
  because I don't do a lot of officials.
• 44:59
  So, um, I also want to boost my air riding a lot there.
• 45:03
  But yeah, with Olympus, it's just, it's a great team.
• 45:06
  Like they're very welcoming.
• 45:08
  They're very helpful.
• 45:09
  We have a lot of great drivers at this point.
• 45:12
  And, um, also like racing in a lot of great series.
• 45:16
  You know, it's, it's, um, it's a really, really cool team and
• 45:20
  I appreciate it every time.
• 45:21
  I'm always very proud to, you know, wear the Olympus shirt and just,
• 45:26
  you know, it's, it's just cool.
• 45:28
  It's a cool team and, uh, they definitely deserve, um, Being in the big series.
• 45:34
  Yeah, that's true.
• 45:35
  And also, uh, the most beautiful deliveries we got in Olympus . Oh yeah.
• 45:40
  Especially the new deliveries.
• 45:41
  I don't know how many of them are out yet, but the next, like the
• 45:45
  deliveries for 2025 look amazing.
• 45:48
  Mm-Hmm.
• 45:48
  like that.
• 45:49
  They're, so, I don't know how much you see.
• 45:51
  Uh, saw it, you probably saw it in IRA or something.
• 45:55
  Yeah, I saw it.
• 45:55
  Yeah.
• 45:57
  Yeah.
• 45:57
  And um, yeah, that's just such a cool delivery.
• 46:02
  Yeah.
• 46:02
  So, um.
• 46:03
  Moving to EVA, I know you, uh, that you on the other side, so I'm, uh, as a driver in
• 46:09
  Porsche Cup, uh, for this season as well.
• 46:11
  We did, uh, last season with Olympus finish, uh, with a, with a great
• 46:15
  results, uh, P5, P6 for Porsche Cup, uh, in the club sports series.
• 46:20
  So, can you tell me more about this experience which you, uh, got on, uh,
• 46:24
  The other side from from the drivers.
• 46:27
  Yeah, that's a racing, uh Stuart Uh, yeah, so like it's obviously a huge series.
• 46:34
  Um, and the organizers basically to give like a short overview Um, we're
• 46:39
  the same who did the 24 hours esports like the official 24 hours esports
• 46:44
  Um series to the real life series And then we obviously have the ivra.
• 46:50
  So international You virtual racing association.
• 46:54
  And, um, where you have like two classes and just the most skilled
• 46:59
  drivers kind of like, I don't know if there's a ranking for like that, like
• 47:04
  this or like the highest I writing a series, but splits or like strength of
• 47:08
  fields over seven K aren't uncommon.
• 47:11
  We have multiple, um, people with over 10k in their like pro licenses and then
• 47:16
  to be in race control of that and to yeah to um analyze like incidents and to just
• 47:23
  being part of the whole like creating the whole event around it and everything and
• 47:28
  like working with the documents working in the safety cars it's just number one
• 47:34
  very cool uh but it also gives you a very different insight into racing, where if
• 47:41
  you look at incidents, uh, you learn a lot about where to place your car and where
• 47:47
  not to place your car, even as a driver.
• 47:50
  So that's another thing that helps me drive, for example, because I, I just
• 47:55
  spot like stuff that happens over and over and over again in kind of similar
• 48:00
  ways, which then helps you to Avoid these situations when you drive yourself, but
• 48:06
  obviously I've been with Ivor now for I think like three years or something
• 48:14
  and it's grown more and more especially since the 24 hours esports series has
• 48:18
  now been Sadly cancelled because of um the main sponsor uh dropping the series
• 48:23
  which you know, it's uh, it happens, uh, But ivar is still going very strong
• 48:29
  and we are now had Actually, for the qualifying, we had to limit, um, people
• 48:34
  to have one car per team because we just didn't have the manpower to steward
• 48:39
  more than two splits simultaneously.
• 48:42
  And, um, we have now a very, very competitive field.
• 48:47
  It's, it was insanely tough to get into some of these classes.
• 48:51
  So Anyone who made it in like you did amazing because sometimes it was really if
• 48:58
  you had one incident then basically you're out it's it was really that tough and In
• 49:05
  a field that's that like well contended.
• 49:09
  I guess it's really Great to you always like see them drive and the driving
• 49:15
  standards have improved so much over the past few years even that Yeah, we
• 49:20
  have I don't know eight hour races with like, if you don't count like the, um,
• 49:29
  safety car incidents or like pit lane incidents or something, then you have
• 49:33
  like over eight hours with 55 cars, you have like 30 incidents, which is insane.
• 49:39
  It's such a cool racing experience just to watch it.
• 49:43
  And there are also streams or anyone who watches and is interested, please watch
• 49:47
  the streams on YouTube on Racepot TV.
• 49:49
  Um, and, um, Yeah, it's just, it's very cool to see a race from the
• 49:56
  other side and being part of, uh, the one who has to decide about stuff.
• 50:01
  Also, like some decisions are very difficult.
• 50:03
  Uh, some incidents are very tricky and maybe to the outside, sometimes they
• 50:11
  seem very easy and obvious, but if you have all the data that we have, and if
• 50:17
  you have, uh, usually three different stewards looking at one incident and
• 50:21
  then having to come to a conclusion.
• 50:23
  It's not always that easy because oftentimes there are so many different
• 50:29
  variables that go into it that it's difficult to really also We have to
• 50:35
  adhere to our own rules, you know, we have like a huge rule set where all the
• 50:40
  different overtakings are clarified, which is what is okay, what is not
• 50:43
  okay, how should you filter in the pit lane, what to do behind the safety car,
• 50:48
  we have a whole flow chart for that.
• 50:50
  And it's kind of complicated sometimes.
• 50:54
  And that's also why it takes safety car, a couple minutes sometimes.
• 50:59
  But.
• 51:01
  We're trying to be as quick as possible and just giving everyone
• 51:04
  who takes part in the series the best racing experience possible.
• 51:08
  Because we want to make it a really professional league and a very, yeah,
• 51:13
  just the best league that we can make it.
• 51:15
  And I think we are at a pretty good spot at this point.
• 51:19
  Yeah, true.
• 51:19
  I absolutely, you know, with, I could have a lot of, uh, complainants
• 51:24
  about Ivory, about, uh, um, Like some five seconds penalties or something
• 51:31
  like this But I think that's okay.
• 51:34
  So if you got like really strict rules so everybody just going to behave in
• 51:39
  better way as a result and To be honest, I would love to see for the next season.
• 51:44
  Maybe if either a will have a opportunity to have a Two, two full splits, uh,
• 51:50
  running at the same time, uh, because it, it was kind of sad to not see that someone
• 51:55
  not get into, uh, this area, uh, of the club sport, for example, or endurance,
• 52:01
  uh, because just, uh, E3 growing so fast and a lot of drivers, uh, get into this
• 52:06
  and I, I feel, uh, I fully understand that you don't have a lot of spots yet because
• 52:10
  you're limited with the people who's working, uh, in the very But, uh, for the
• 52:14
  upcoming years it will be, uh, great to see, uh, like, a few splits, uh, running,
• 52:19
  uh, fighting for the championship.
• 52:21
  It will be great to Like give everybody opportunity to take part
• 52:26
  in this, uh, absolutely amazing league, uh, you know, racing.
• 52:29
  So in my opinion, that's one of the best league, which I, uh, where I
• 52:33
  took a part as a driver, so I really enjoy when we got like club sports and
• 52:38
  especially, you know, the opportunity that you can have, uh, for our races
• 52:43
  with a Porsche cop, it's, it's great.
• 52:46
  Yeah, first of all, thank you for like that feedback and um, I'll i'll
• 52:52
  definitely talk to the people but I don't think that we can just simply
• 52:55
  with manpower I don't think we can do two splits also like with Just adding
• 53:01
  new series or something to have like a third league for example again.
• 53:05
  It's just um We all do this in our spare time, like we don't
• 53:09
  get paid to be stewarding.
• 53:11
  We do it because we have the passion for motorsports and, um, most of like
• 53:17
  the entry fees that we have goes to like creating sessions and to the broadcasting
• 53:23
  and here and there and everything.
• 53:24
  And I think I can speak for all of the stewards that we don't expect to get paid.
• 53:29
  Um, it's just a huge, um, a huge amount of time that we have to spend in this because
• 53:36
  Uh, for, for you as a driver, uh, and I don't want to downplay anything here, but
• 53:43
  you have like the qualifying or like the practice and then the driver's briefing,
• 53:48
  the qualifying, uh, and then the race.
• 53:51
  Let's say it's, uh, let's say it's an eight hour race.
• 53:55
  So you as a driver have probably like 10 hours kind of in the session,
• 53:59
  but as race control, we need to prepare like, I don't know, one
• 54:04
  or two hours, like with practice.
• 54:06
  And then, um, usually incidents get reviewed after the incident,
• 54:11
  uh, after the race as well.
• 54:13
  So for us, um, it's probably like two or three hours more.
• 54:17
  And then if we have like the long races, like we had like a 12 hour
• 54:20
  race or something, we have one guy that's pretty much always,
• 54:23
  um, just looking at the pit lane.
• 54:26
  And for the 12 hour races, he was looking at the pit lane
• 54:28
  camera for 15 hours straight.
• 54:31
  That was his So, um, uh, yeah, with how complex the rules are and everything, I
• 54:38
  don't know if we can do a second split.
• 54:40
  I would love to, because also for us as race controllers, it's very
• 54:44
  sad to not see some of the teams that we had over the past few years,
• 54:49
  make, you know, make a difference.
• 54:50
  Make it into this year's selection because we also had, as I said, like the 24 hour
• 54:55
  series was cancelled, but we had a lot of these, um, spots that invites that were
• 55:01
  still left over from that series, which we then, um, converted to like those two
• 55:06
  leagues that also had their own invites.
• 55:09
  So for some of the classes, it was just like not a lot of spots left.
• 55:15
  And.
• 55:16
  With, as I said, SOFs of like 7k not being uncommon, it was
• 55:20
  really tough to just get in.
• 55:24
  Uh, obviously I would love to have, um, more people, like more
• 55:29
  teams racing, but, um, we will see.
• 55:32
  I'll, I'll definitely tell the people, but, um, I can't really say that,
• 55:39
  like, that's gonna happen soon, sadly.
• 55:42
  Yeah, but, you know, we're all just, uh, hoping that they're going to get
• 55:46
  even bigger and stronger, uh, for the years and, uh, maybe in the future
• 55:52
  we'll see, uh, more splits and more teams into this, uh, awesome league.
• 55:57
  Um, Also, maybe to add to this one, if you, uh, Um, want to be part of race
• 56:03
  control and stewarding and get into that.
• 56:05
  We're always looking for people.
• 56:07
  So, you know, anyone who's interested can just like text, um, Casper Decord, for
• 56:12
  example, or also just me and I can forward it, um, or join the IWRA server and, um,
• 56:19
  get in contact there because we're always looking for people and you don't have
• 56:22
  to be 8k yourself to be able to steward.
• 56:26
  You know, if you, if you're like a decent driver or just know somewhat,
• 56:31
  what a racing line is, then, um, you know, it's, it's something
• 56:35
  that you can definitely learn.
• 56:36
  And, um, yeah, we, we're always looking for people, which then obviously would
• 56:42
  make it a bit more, um, yeah, maybe create more opportunities for different,
• 56:48
  either different types of leagues or more splits or, you know, Mm hmm.
• 56:53
  Uh, you mentioned that, uh, review, reviewing the incidents, uh,
• 56:57
  definitely help you with your own, uh, race crafts and how you, you
• 57:02
  know, handle situations on the track.
• 57:04
  Um, what other advices can you give to people who are
• 57:08
  planning to get into sim racing?
• 57:12
  Um, about the driving itself or getting into the racing first?
• 57:16
  Uh, yeah, about driving and about getting to races, maybe, like, you have to
• 57:20
  review incidents or something like this?
• 57:24
  Um, yeah, it's, I think it's a very personal journey, depending on where
• 57:29
  you start out, but as, like, a general thing, I think the first thing you need
• 57:34
  to learn is to keep the car on track.
• 57:36
  Just, you know, finishing races without incidents, even if that means you
• 57:41
  have to give up some time, but in the beginning that really doesn't matter.
• 57:45
  And, um, stop what like Need for Speed and everything teaches
• 57:49
  you that you always have to win.
• 57:51
  You're not going to win always.
• 57:53
  That's, you know, and that's, you can have fun even in like fighting
• 57:58
  for some of the last positions.
• 58:00
  It just depends on like, where you are on track and if you can keep it stable
• 58:05
  on track that's like the biggest thing and after that comes like pace kind of
• 58:11
  just um they're like it's very personal thing learn how to brake learn how to
• 58:16
  turn and then um yeah after that at some point you can start adjusting setups
• 58:22
  but setups should really be like one of the last steps because for example
• 58:27
  me like i don't in formula 4 i usually drive the official setup because it's You
• 58:33
  know, they're good enough to, uh, to be quick, and, um, I'm at this point always
• 58:40
  driving top split, and I'm usually in the top five, so, you know, and that's
• 58:44
  just with the iRacing setups, and I know that Formula 4 isn't, like, the most
• 58:48
  competitive, but, um, there are some pretty quick people in there, and me being
• 58:54
  close to them is already, like, a great reward for all the practice I've spent.
• 59:02
  Yeah, so, yeah, and maybe, wait, maybe, um, for getting into sim racing in the
• 59:06
  first place, uh, don't worry too much about gear, uh, the more important thing
• 59:12
  is kind of to just get started and just try it out, see if it's for you, and
• 59:16
  also what kind of racing is for you, maybe you just want to do some street
• 59:20
  drifting, or maybe you want to do on track racing, or ovals, or, I don't know, off
• 59:25
  road tracks, they're all very different, and there are different games that do
• 59:29
  different things just better than others.
• 59:32
  And, um, just kind of find what you like, and from there, um, it's a more like
• 59:39
  a natural progression, in my opinion.
• 59:42
  Absolutely agree with you, especially with, uh, uh, the thing about equipment,
• 59:47
  uh, because some people just, uh, you know, Getting crazy about equipment,
• 59:51
  that they, uh, need the best stuff.
• 59:53
  Um, I always, uh, tell people that you can start with whatever you got.
• 59:57
  You got the wheel and pedals, you can jump, uh, into, like, uh, racing
• 1:00:01
  with it and, uh, just to have fun.
• 1:00:03
  And, uh Earn some experience, build your skills and just be the
• 1:00:09
  part of community and have fun.
• 1:00:11
  That's the main thing, definitely.
• 1:00:14
  Yeah, definitely.
• 1:00:16
  And also, if you're just starting out, a direct drive and active
• 1:00:20
  pedals will not make you faster.
• 1:00:22
  They just, they just won't.
• 1:00:23
  You need to drive, you need to build your racecraft first to really
• 1:00:27
  benefit from the advantages that these kind of systems can bring.
• 1:00:31
  Yeah, absolutely agree with you.
• 1:00:33
  And, uh, before we end the stream, I want to know, uh, What's, uh,
• 1:00:38
  what's your goals for the future?
• 1:00:40
  What are you planning to do in the future?
• 1:00:43
  Um, well, that's a very open ended question.
• 1:00:48
  Obviously, as I mentioned before, I have very real aspirations
• 1:00:52
  to do more real life races.
• 1:00:54
  Like, I've set myself, like, the big goal of someday being 24 hours of Nordschleife.
• 1:01:02
  Which is just it's that is like my absolute like dream race that I
• 1:01:06
  want to be part in at some point.
• 1:01:09
  And yeah, for example, like, recently, I've applied for another
• 1:01:16
  driver selection in a GT four class.
• 1:01:19
  Uh, I don't know yet, uh, if I get selected and even if I then, um, get
• 1:01:24
  selected for the driver selection, I have to like, kind of win it to get the spot,
• 1:01:29
  but, um, I really, really hope that that works out and that I, uh, can go there
• 1:01:34
  and, um, just drive a GT4 car because it's, yeah, it's like, I just love racing
• 1:01:41
  and, um, yeah, I hope that that works out.
• 1:01:45
  Apart from that, um, also Maybe then just start, um, the RCN races at the
• 1:01:51
  Nordschleife, you know, like the smaller ones that you have to build up to at
• 1:01:54
  some point being able, like having the licenses to drive in a 24 hour race.
• 1:01:59
  But also, apart from real racing, um, sim racing, I want to improve my R rating.
• 1:02:05
  As I said, I don't really drive any officials, um, but I really
• 1:02:10
  should at least, um, somewhat Last time, I think, I drove, um, and
• 1:02:16
  I had like, in three evenings or something, I gained 700 eye rating.
• 1:02:20
  So, my eye rating is really not where it should be, and I would
• 1:02:23
  kind of like to have it more like, yeah, where, where I want it.
• 1:02:27
  So, um, also just to, yeah, I don't know, it's kind of cool if your eye
• 1:02:32
  rating is a bit higher, not gonna lie.
• 1:02:37
  Um, but yeah, uh.
• 1:02:39
  I don't know.
• 1:02:40
  I kind of want to go back into ovals.
• 1:02:43
  Uh, I don't know how much time I'll have for that.
• 1:02:45
  That's definitely a secondary goal.
• 1:02:48
  And yeah, I don't know.
• 1:02:50
  Apart from that, uh, do the races with the Dream Team, obviously.
• 1:02:54
  Can't wait for those to happen.
• 1:02:56
  And also, like, always, like, back, um, yeah, behind the scenes, there are
• 1:03:01
  always, like, I've talked to a lot of people here and there, and there are some
• 1:03:05
  opportunities that might open up, some that Maybe don't but you know, you give
• 1:03:09
  it a shot and um, that's that's what you need to do if you want to you know You
• 1:03:14
  just apply for different things some work out some don't And um, i'm really I really
• 1:03:20
  want to make racing more of my career.
• 1:03:22
  I would also love to start streaming Sadly currently my pc doesn't really
• 1:03:26
  support racing and streaming at the same time It's just um, it's pushing 10 years.
• 1:03:31
  So it's I need a new pc at some point.
• 1:03:34
  But um, You Since I'm, uh, still in education, or again, in education
• 1:03:39
  currently, uh, I don't have that much money to spend on new hardware,
• 1:03:42
  so, uh, yeah, but that's definitely also a big thing that I want to
• 1:03:47
  improve in the simracing front.
• 1:03:49
  Mhm.
• 1:03:50
  So, I wish you good luck in real life experience, and in streaming
• 1:03:54
  as well, I would love to see your streams in the future.
• 1:03:57
  Uh, I hope you're going to get the PC and everything set up.
• 1:04:01
  Uh, thank you so much for being here, thank you so much for talking with us,
• 1:04:04
  see your Amazing and wish you good luck for your life and for racing as well.
• 1:04:11
  Yeah, same to you, by the way.
• 1:04:12
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• 1:04:17
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• 1:04:19
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