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Screen to Speed No.54: Alessia Dallafontana's Journey from Karting to F1 hopeful! · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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  Welcome to Screen to Speed, powered by Init eSports.
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  In this podcast, we dive into the journeys of remarkable individuals
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  making waves in sim racing and bridging the virtual with the real.
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  From the thrill of digital circuits to the roar of real life racetracks, we explore
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  We'll hear from athletes, creators, and pioneers sharing their stories,
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  creating pathways into motor sports.
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  So buckle up screen to speed starts now.
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  Welcome, everyone.
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  Annie talks.
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  Happy to see everybody here.
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  Uh, today we got Alicia Della Fontana with us, uh, welcoming this hour.
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  Thanks for having me.
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  Yeah.
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  So let's start.
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  I know that you've been in, uh, electric carting, uh, all your way.
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  Start right away.
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  Yeah, I did start it in electric racing.
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  And
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  I think that the thing that, you know, hooked me was obviously, um, the speed,
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  you know, that shut off adrenaline, but I think also that constant feeling, you
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  know, of butterflies in your stomach.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  You know, it.
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  It's, it's a nice feeling, you know, sometimes it's, you know, related
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  with, with nervousness and all that stuff, but I don't know, for me,
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  it's like a reminder that I'm doing the thing that I love and that I'm
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  really, um, into it and, you know.
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  Making everything possible to do it right.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  I don't know.
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  It's like that reminder that I'm doing what I love and that I'm doing it right.
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  That's awesome.
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  So that was more like fun for you, right?
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  When was like you, uh, decided that that's your dream to.
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  So it's funny, it was, um, a weekend of Formula One race and I was watching
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  it with my family and after that we decided, um, to go to a cartoon track,
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  you know, just to have some fun.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  Um, but the thing is I really loved it.
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  Um, I say like, instead of a love at first side, it was like, love at first drive.
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  I don't know.
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  I, I enjoyed it so much that I asked my dad if it was, if it would be crazy
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  to, to try it as it's as a sport.
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  Um, I mean, I've always been like.
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  A very sportive person.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  You know, trying many disciplines at school level competitions, but you know,
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  always there, um, searching new sports.
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  Um, but yeah, now that I look back, um, nothing felt how Hearting feels like.
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  I don't know.
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  Um, it's a feeling I can't really express with words, but I think that the smile
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  underneath my helmet says, you know?
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And it's, yeah.
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  Nice.
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  So you, you just, uh, felt like.
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  Hey, this, this is, uh, uh, like my job, which I want to
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  do and I want to sing Driver.
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  Yeah.
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  And actually the formal one inspired you.
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  Uh, yeah.
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  Think in that way.
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  That's awesome.
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  And yeah, you mentioned that, uh, you went on with your family.
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  Uh, can you, how family react?
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  Uh, like, you know, that's dangerous sports, of course.
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  And, uh, maybe they worry about you.
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  So yeah, obviously they're, sometimes it gets scary, you know, it's, it's.
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  It's a tough sport.
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  Yeah.
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  And sometimes it can be really dangerous, but I think that, um, I don't know,
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  they're always been there supporting me and making sure I am doing the things
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  I love and achieving all my dreams.
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  So yeah, I think they.
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  Play like a crucial role in this journey because, well, for me, um, I don't know.
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  Family is, it's really important and, you know, having their support,
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  um, keeps me motivated, you know?
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And it just, yeah, the reminder that.
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  Yeah, as well.
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  I'm doing the things I love, the people I love support me and yeah,
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  I, I'm really grateful with them for, for being by my side in this journey.
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  It's really nice that, that's real few more tough times on the racing
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  track and to adapting to the cars.
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  Uh, can you about started in cars and then you moved to professional cars?
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  Uh, yes.
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  In Mexico, you, uh, earned P two.
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  And how do the podiums.
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  Well, obviously they felt amazing.
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  I mean, one of, uh, every driver's dream is to be on the podium and Yeah.
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  You know, it was like my first dream.
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  It's becoming a reality and mm-hmm.
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  Yeah, it's, it's, it's an amazing feeling, but for me it was also
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  like that boost of confidence.
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  I mean, it made me realize that I belong in this world and I felt proud of myself
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  because, because, um, those result, those results were, uh, the product of my
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  hard work during my first months of my.
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  Of my current journey also.
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  Tell me about your view started with electric cars and driving
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  cart with, uh, with engine.
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, how does it feel?
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  Was it different?
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  Uh, you know, we got a lot of EV cars, uh, nowadays on the roads.
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, what do you prefer from your side?
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  I mean, obviously the, I felt a huge change, you know, because, um,
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  the electric guard, well, at first.
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  They, they don't have the same, you know, the same sound,
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  you know, it's not the same.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  The same sound.
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  Also the feeling changes, the driving changes, you know, because
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  it's, it's a different track, a different engine and yeah.
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  One runs with full battery and the other one has electrical parts and also aing
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  with gasoline and all this, this stuff.
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  So.
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  Yeah, it was, it was a huge change because, well, also the speed, you know?
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  Mm-hmm.
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  Um, the change of speed is really, really, it impacts you, so.
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  Yeah, I did felt it like a, a big change.
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  And at the beginning it was tough for me, you know, because I, I was used to a
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  way of driving with the electrical cards.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And when changing to the professional cards, well I, I needed to adapt
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  to these new, um, way of driving.
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  So, yeah, at the beginning it was tough, but with the time and training and.
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  You know, compromise it.
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  It changed, you know?
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  And now, and now I feel more.
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  You know, more, more confident mm-hmm.
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  In this new other way of driving.
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  Yeah.
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  You know, definitely I started from, uh, ing, like I started in
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  professional ing right away, but I had some endurance races and rent cars.
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  Uh, definitely, uh, because professional cars.
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  They're lighter.
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  Um, yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  And, uh, you know, accelerate in a really fast way.
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  So yeah, it's, it's really cool that you jump into this because, uh, I think
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  nothing with Scar was, uh, especially if you ever going to try them.
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  Yeah.
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  They're really fun.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  I'm looking forward for, uh, trying Yeah.
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  The, the shift during the season.
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  So, yeah, we'll see, we'll see that big change.
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  Yeah.
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  But you know, also physically they're really hard.
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  Uh, so then I raise an open wheelers and I can say that open viewers
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  a little bit easier than driving in, uh, the, the shifter cart.
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  Yeah,
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  I can imagine.
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  Yeah, they're really hard to drive.
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  Um, so you moved Spain actually to join, uh, car championships here?
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, what actually decided.
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  So I found a sports academy.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And we decided this change because, um, what the academy offered.
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  So in Mexico, I couldn't always balance school with carding.
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  You know, I trained on track as much as I could, and I kept a basic gym routine.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  But now that I'm in the academy, I can attend to school, uh, train
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  and track, train with a physical trainer, uh, have sessions with,
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  um, I don't know, nutritionist, psychologist, and physiotherapist.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  When it's needed and all within a schedule that allows me to do everything.
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  Uh, yeah, I mean, I miss Mexico a lot, but Spain has been like a, a great
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  opportunity to keep growing as an athlete.
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  Uh, why don't you think that you, uh, actually try racing here or you really,
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  uh, like European, uh, motor sport?
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  Yeah.
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  Well, I mean, I think that, well since little, I, I've always wanted
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  to, to live in Europe, you know?
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  Mm-hmm.
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  It's, it.
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  There are places that I, I really like, and I don't know, it was more
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  of, I found an academy in Spain.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And, um, yeah, I, it was more like, oh, I found this opportunity and I'm taking it.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  So.
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  It's not like I was looking for many options and then I choose one.
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  No, it was more like I saw the opportunity and, um, well, obviously after talking
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  to my family and all this stuff, I, we, we, we made that decision, you know?
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And well, it, it was also like a personal thing because my parents were looking
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  forward to, to, to move to Spain.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  So.
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  Although I'm in Barcelona and they're in Madrid, you know, having family closer
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  and yeah, they keep, you know, achieving their dreams, you know, their goals,
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  moving to Spain and start a new life here.
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  And obviously being as much as, um, close as much as they can to me.
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  So we're.
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  Together.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  So, yeah, it was more of like, oh, we have the opportunity, we take it and
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  well, it, it also, um, turned out that it was like a family goal to move to Spain.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  That's really nice that your goals kind of, uh, met and, uh, you got, yeah.
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  Uh, only one way, like to Spain and, uh, yes.
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  Here and develop.
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  Cool.
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  Um, yeah.
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  What's the biggest, ch, biggest, uh, difference between racing?
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  What, so, in Mexico, the, the passion is huge and the
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  atmosphere is very supportive.
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  While in Spain, the structure is more demanding and competitive mm-hmm.
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  With bigger greeds and stronger rivals.
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  But at the end, both exes have.
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  Being important.
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  You know, I mean, Mexico gave me my first steps and you know, that first confidence
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  and Spain pushes me to keep evolving.
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  So actually that big, uh, I know that, so in, in car, nice way, like all the
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  stuff, um, where that Spain is more like, uh, motorcycle, uh, con uh, yes.
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  But on the other side, I think also got not only one card circuit.
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  Right.
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  Um, so.
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  Now you can mean the Valencia champ.
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  Tell me more about this.
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  What the hardest part of, so I think that the hardest part has been,
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  you know, adapting to the intensity and consistency required, I mean.
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  The level in Spain is very high, so you have to be at your best
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  in, in every single session.
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  So I think, uh, that part of adapting, you know, because also
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  Mexico and Spain, although we have the same language, they're.
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  They have different cultures.
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  So it's, I mean, I am, I'm, I'm 18 years now, but 17 years of my life, I,
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  I, I lived in Mexico and yeah, I was pretty used to a way of living there.
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  Um, and now moving to Spain, you know, it's a new whole, um, adapting process.
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  Process.
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  And.
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  Probably, you know, that part of adapting has been, uh, quite tough.
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  But with the time, it's, it's, it's easier now.
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  Uh, so you like adapting to life and together adapting to the championship?
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  Yeah.
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  And uh, cart and everything like, uh, together in one moment actually.
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  Yeah.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, pretty much.
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  So you moved to Spain like, uh, yeah.
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  It was a year ago.
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  Yeah.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  In September last year it was.
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  Okay.
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  So still got a lot of time, mission, and uh, yeah.
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  And definitely you go to, um.
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  So what's, uh, what's the one moment you're the most proud
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  or find this, uh, academy?
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  So, I mean, I, I, I don't think I have like a specific moment.
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  It's more like through the whole year.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And it's, um, you know, I'm really proud of my progress throughout the season,
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  you know, my individual evolution.
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  You know, at the beginning it wasn't, it wasn't, um, what did you say?
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  It wasn't easy.
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  Um, I mean, that part, I needed to adapt to different things and obviously
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  the first impact is really high.
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  But, you know, with the time and, um, the people around me has, has made
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  this progress progress, um, easier.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And yeah.
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  Um, looking back now and to all those moments, I am, I am really proud of, of
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  that progress and yeah, always, um, keep head up and, you know, keep this progress.
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  Evolving, you know, it's nice.
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  So enjoy the moment, the people.
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, who are with you.
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  It's actually really nice to have.
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  Uh, so now I'm in some racing and then we got all these, so I'm really happy that
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  in Spain with ing, uh, because Thank you.
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  You know, ING can be sometimes, uh, yeah.
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  Because you know, young guys, they're really hot.
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  They, they just want to win all races so some spices can happen.
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  So yeah, it's really cool that you adapt, uh, in a nice way to support.
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  Um, so what plans do you have, uh, this year and, yeah.
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  So for this year, the plan was, uh, competing at the Valentine
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  championship and trying a test and like, you know, a testing session
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  from, um, the Spanish championship.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And I actually had the test, um, last weekend and in two weeks I have the
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  last competition of the championship.
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  So for.
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  This year, you know, 2025, um, you know, it's finishing the season with
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  that last race and, you know, um, for the next season it's, you know, giving
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  that step to the Spanish championship.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  You know, I agree.
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  Uh, a bigger greed, um, more.
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  More competition, you know, and yeah, pretty much that, you know,
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  giving that, that step forward.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And keep open in carting.
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  So yeah.
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  I'm, look, I'm looking forward to, to the Spanish championship.
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  Uh, what class are you?
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  It is, uh, in carting and it's X 30 senior.
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  So this is like, uh, an adult class.
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  Yeah.
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  Because I know that, uh, you know, when I was in ING can get
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  into adult class 10 years old.
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  Yes.
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  So now you can feel like this.
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  Yeah.
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  Yes.
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  Alright.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  The, I think this, this category has like, uh, from 15 years to,
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  I don't know, probably 50, 60.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah, yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  I think you can, yeah.
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  Yeah, you can definitely.
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  I think there's not like a limit on.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  About, you know?
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  Mm-hmm.
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  Yeah.
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  All right.
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  And you mentioned that you're inspired by F1.
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  What do you want?
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  Like, would you like to open or maybe would like to, let's just talk like,
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  uh, that's your dream or something.
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  Uh, or maybe you can, yeah.
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  Take, uh, like both the opportunity.
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  Yeah.
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  So as you mentioned, you know, I feel very connected to their
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  mission of giving visibility mm-hmm.
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  And opportunities to, to women in motorsport.
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  And I mean, obviously seeing girls competing at such high levels,
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  um, proves that it's possible, you know, and it motivates me to, to
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  keep working hard and I do that.
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  Well, I hope that one day I can also inspire younger drivers as
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  these drivers, um, inspire me.
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  But yes, I think that probably my main goal.
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  It's, um, you know, formula raising.
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  I know it's the, it's, it's the thing that I've been watching all these
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  years and I really enjoy, and I can feel it through the tv, you know,
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  and I'm, I'm, I'm really excited.
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  Uh, I mean, I'm always open to new categories, you know, and
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  it will be nice either to try an endurance or a gt, you know?
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  Mm-hmm.
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  Just to, you know, have all the options and, you know, just to clarify in
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  my mind, you know, and notice that there are different options mm-hmm.
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  From where I could continue.
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  But yeah, I think that my main goal is from your racing.
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  Of course, it, uh, depends on the budget which you're going to have.
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  Yeah.
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  Because yeah, formal.
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  So yeah, it's really cool that you like, okay, let's take this
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  opportunity and like you can jump to GT car anytime or into the formal.
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  It's really nice.
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  Um, you also mentioned that you.
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  Like formal E Tell me more about, uh, how do you solve racing?
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  Like, uh, are we going to have only, or you think that, uh, in, yeah, so
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  I mean, I think that the future of electric racing is very promising.
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  You know, Motorsport is evolving, you know, categories
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  like F1 want to go to zero.
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  They have the zero project and.
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  Yeah, young drivers like me will, will have the chance to
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  grow alongside this change.
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  Um, obviously it's not just about performance, but also about
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  sustainability and innovation and yeah, I would really love to be
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  part of this, of this transition.
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  Um, yeah, I mean, I think, I mean the, the mission is it's, you
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  know, really innovative, but.
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  For example, formula One, I think they will achieve their zero mission, but I
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  think that other categories will stay with the normal engine, with gasoline and
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  the, you know, that war of the engine.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  But yeah, I think they will start to play with that mix of
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  electrical part and then gym part.
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  So like, uh, hybrids?
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  Yes.
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  Like a P Yes.
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  Class and lemon.
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  Yes.
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  Maybe we got also hybrids, the formal one, also the hybrid.
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  Uh, yeah, they got the system so.
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  I think, you know, when, uh, we're talking about, uh, hybrids,
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  like on the road hybrid, uh, because like it's more effective.
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  You not connected to the charger all the time for racing Play more.
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  Yeah.
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  Uh, from braking, in my opinion.
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  Uh, only ev because ev cars, they heavier than hybrid.
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  That's a factor is really crucial in racing for sure.
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  Yes.
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  Uh, you're also finishing the high school and academy, so
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  how you balance in your life?
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  Is it hard for you to study, exercise it, the racing driver at the same time?
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  Yes.
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  So obviously the academy has been like a, a huge help on this part
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  of balancing school and and sport.
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  Yeah, but also like the school part has been very supportive.
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  You know, if.
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  I need to be out for the weekend, you know, uh, from Thursday, let's say
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  Thursday and Friday, I miss school.
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  So, um, I don't know if I miss a, a lesson outta class or if I miss a test.
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  Um, the school helps me, you know, they, they, they give me, you know, this extra
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  week to maybe study for the test and then, um, making it, or if I. In the
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  case I lose, um, I don't know, a lesson.
• 21:22
  Uh, the teacher, it's, it's there for helping me.
• 21:25
  You know, if I don't know, for example, I ask for, um, my friends for help,
• 21:30
  and if I don't really understand it or I'm not like fully into it, I can go
• 21:35
  to a teacher and mm-hmm she will help.
• 21:37
  Because they're really supportive in this, in this part, you know?
• 21:40
  Mm-hmm.
• 21:41
  It's really nice.
• 21:41
  So you kind of like, uh, can miss some lessons and then like go to
• 21:46
  and work on the topic and then Yeah.
• 21:48
  Do test and it's really nice.
• 21:50
  Um, you also got sports, uh, psychology.
• 21:54
  Um, from my side, I see that Central Hills.
• 21:58
  Part of our life for sure.
• 21:59
  It's a big part of the sport.
• 22:01
  What excite you about the university?
• 22:04
  Yeah, yeah, so I mean, I'm really inspired by my, you know, my own experience.
• 22:09
  I mean, as you say, as you mentioned, sorry, our head is
• 22:13
  crucial and you know, at all times we need to be really focused and.
• 22:19
  That may sound easy, but applying it, it can be complicated.
• 22:24
  Mm-hmm.
• 22:24
  You know, the mind can play, play some tricks that if you don't know
• 22:29
  how to control them, it can play on the wrong side for yourself.
• 22:35
  So, for example, at the first, at first, I, I didn't have a psychologist and
• 22:41
  from time to time it was tough, you know, to get out of my own thoughts.
• 22:45
  Mm-hmm.
• 22:47
  But.
• 22:47
  I mean, I obviously had, uh, my family there supporting me and, you know, trying
• 22:53
  to help, but it's not the same, you know.
• 22:56
  So when I arrived to the academy, I started having sessions twice a month.
• 23:02
  Mm-hmm.
• 23:02
  And during race weekends.
• 23:04
  And that really helped me, you know, to be more confident, to stay concentrated.
• 23:09
  You know, I learned to deal with all these mm-hmm.
• 23:13
  Intrusive thoughts and also these feelings and yeah, simply to clear
• 23:18
  my mind to, to clear my mind.
• 23:21
  And yeah, I think that with a clear mind, performance is better.
• 23:26
  Mm-hmm.
• 23:26
  So, yeah, I, I appreciate all this help so much that now I truly
• 23:33
  understand how important our mind is.
• 23:37
  And I mean, eh, personally, I've always been like a very sensitive person.
• 23:43
  Mm-hmm.
• 23:43
  And I've always liked helping others.
• 23:46
  So while watching, I don't know, interviews from drivers, I noticed
• 23:51
  that there are many drivers that are dealing with these struggles
• 23:56
  and I don't know, maybe, um.
• 24:00
  There's not enough help to, to these kind of situations.
• 24:05
  So I don't know, these kind of things makes me put myself like on their shoes.
• 24:12
  Mm-hmm.
• 24:12
  And, you know, to really understand them.
• 24:14
  And yeah, my goal is that one day I would, um, you know, like to help these,
• 24:20
  uh, or other drivers, you know mm-hmm.
• 24:22
  With sports psychology, because, I mean, it's.
• 24:25
  Very, it's, it's at very, it's very, um, a dedicated, um, subject and it
• 24:33
  needs to be treated well, you know?
• 24:36
  Yeah, absolutely agree with you.
• 24:37
  It's, yeah.
• 24:38
  Um, it's very important and I would really, I would really
• 24:41
  help like to help others.
• 24:43
  It's really nice that it would like, uh, because you know, you're talking
• 24:47
  about other sports, I think they had.
• 24:51
  Cycle like long time, like lot longer than in racing for sure, because in
• 24:56
  racing, uh, you know, people rather rely on them themselves, uh, than on this.
• 25:01
  But, uh, right now I think everybody on this part, we got our minds and we
• 25:07
  have to work with an everything things.
• 25:09
  There's a lot of calm down before the race do after the race.
• 25:13
  Yeah.
• 25:13
  It's really nice that you're interested actually.
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  Yeah.
• 25:17
  Racing.
• 25:17
  Um, do you have any before the race?
• 25:20
  Calm down to, so, um, uh, I don't think I have any ritual.
• 25:25
  You know, I've always heard other drivers saying they put first the right glove
• 25:29
  and then the left one, or first one shoe, and then the other one, I don't
• 25:34
  really think I, I have this type of rituals, you know, I just go for it.
• 25:39
  The first one is, mm-hmm.
• 25:40
  You know, I, I really don't mind which one goes first, but, um, you know, before a
• 25:47
  race, I, I really like, you know, just to.
• 25:50
  Stay calm, you know, avoid stress, be with myself, maybe listen to some
• 25:54
  music, you know, just to disconnect from everything and everyone.
• 25:58
  Mm-hmm.
• 25:59
  Um, this year I've been trying to get used to, to, um, you know, stretch.
• 26:06
  Mm-hmm.
• 26:06
  Before every race.
• 26:07
  Because at the cart you get like many, many stress, you know, physical stress.
• 26:12
  Yeah.
• 26:12
  Maybe from a turn or this kind of stuff.
• 26:15
  So, um, yeah, I really like to stretch just to make sure I won't injure myself.
• 26:22
  And I also like to, um, we have these like lights and play with mm-hmm.
• 26:29
  Uh, so like, uh, how do you say it?
• 26:31
  Play with reaction?
• 26:32
  Yeah.
• 26:33
  Yes.
• 26:34
  Reaction test, something like, yes.
• 26:35
  Just to, um, you know, also train, um, your mind.
• 26:40
  Mm-hmm.
• 26:40
  You know, to.
• 26:42
  You know, get warm, you know?
• 26:43
  Mm-hmm.
• 26:43
  And yeah.
• 26:45
  Uh, when I'm already in the cart, you know, before getting out of track, you
• 26:49
  know, just to breathe and constantly remind that, you know, because sometimes
• 26:55
  we're really focused on what we are doing and we need to be concentrated
• 27:00
  in many stuff, you know, the turn or maybe the drive in front of us or behind
• 27:04
  of us, or maybe, uh, alongside us or.
• 27:09
  You know, paying attention at many things that sometimes we forget
• 27:13
  to breathe and to be relaxed, and that's when, uh, mistakes arrive.
• 27:18
  But yeah, you know, just to constantly remind myself to,
• 27:22
  to be calm, to breathe, and.
• 27:25
  While staying focused.
• 27:27
  So you just said think we got a lot of, uh, calm down, uh, our
• 27:32
  mind because when you're less stressed, you are more focused.
• 27:35
  Cool.
• 27:35
  And so can you give advice to girls who would like to, to car center jump into
• 27:40
  Formula Driver alongside with, with guys?
• 27:43
  So what advice give to them?
• 27:46
  So first of all, and I think that it's the most important thing, it's
• 27:51
  don't let your dreams leap away.
• 27:53
  You know, I think, um, that dreams are very important and that you
• 27:59
  always need to, to catch them.
• 28:01
  Hmm.
• 28:01
  And yeah, I mean, I think that a good first step is to go to the nearest carting
• 28:08
  track and, you know, ask for advice.
• 28:10
  You know, maybe talk to local drivers or maybe, um.
• 28:15
  Go to the local teams, you know, each one of them will have
• 28:19
  different, uh, things to offer.
• 28:21
  Mm-hmm.
• 28:22
  And after discussing with your family, and you can make a decision, you know, with
• 28:28
  the, the, the best decision for yourself.
• 28:32
  And yeah.
• 28:32
  But I think that always keeping in mind that there is always a way in,
• 28:38
  you know, and if the door doesn't open, there is always a window.
• 28:42
  So don't give up because there, there is always a way in, you know?
• 28:47
  Yeah.
• 28:47
  Here's a lot of opportune.
• 28:49
  Round out, not joining, uh, open wheelers, ut cars with
• 28:53
  some racing, which is moments.
• 28:55
  Uh, so yeah, a lot of different options.
• 28:57
  Track and inspire people, people as you help them as well.
• 29:01
  Uh, yeah.
• 29:02
  And I also think that, you know, being grateful with the people
• 29:06
  who support you, you know?
• 29:08
  Mm-hmm.
• 29:08
  Because at the end, it's a big family, you know?
• 29:11
  Um, your family is there, your friends are there.
• 29:16
  Obviously your team is there, but I also, um, would like to add that this, the, the
• 29:23
  support of sponsors is really important, you know, and I mean, car is very
• 29:29
  demanding at, at all levels and, you know, well, I'm always looking for new sponsors.
• 29:36
  I would like myself.
• 29:38
  Um, to thank and mention these two sponsors that been helping
• 29:42
  me throughout this year.
• 29:44
  Mm. Eh, we group that is a last Mile logistics company and WBA group.
• 29:51
  A leader in digital transformation.
• 29:54
  They're based in Spain, but they're operating worldwide.
• 29:58
  Worldwide.
• 29:59
  And I mean, they help companies grow and push boundaries, which is like the
• 30:04
  same spirit I carry with me in sports.
• 30:07
  So, yeah, I think that one of, um, the biggest, uh, advice I would
• 30:14
  give is to always be grateful because there is a huge family from
• 30:19
  behind that are supporting you and.
• 30:23
  Yeah.
• 30:23
  I think that without them, this wouldn't be possible.
• 30:27
  So yeah, always be great with this opportunity.
• 30:31
  Yeah, for sure.
• 30:32
  Uh, you're right.
• 30:33
  And also can tell, viewers can find you, like follow your career, going to
• 30:37
  see you in formal one and, uh, would like to see your way, your journey.
• 30:44
  Yeah.
• 30:44
  Yeah.
• 30:45
  Well, I mean, in social media, I am with the same name, with these.
• 30:51
  Fontana.
• 30:53
  Mm-hmm.
• 30:54
  Pretty much in every social media I have the same name, so, yeah.
• 30:58
  Okay.
• 30:59
  So just, uh, buy the naked and find, uh, yeah, pretty girl.
• 31:03
  Please follow it through.
• 31:05
  Thank you.
• 31:05
  Yeah.
• 31:06
  Once again, thank you so much.
• 31:08
  You're really positive.
• 31:09
  Uh, I like your wives.
• 31:11
  Uh, wish you luck in your racing career.
• 31:13
  And yeah.
• 31:14
  Thank you.
• 31:14
  Hopefully we're going to see you in formal one.
• 31:17
  Hopefully I'll be waiting for you.
• 31:20
  Yeah, no, but thank you for having me.
• 31:23
  Yeah, it's, it's a great opportunity and I'm, I'm really
• 31:25
  thankful with you guys for it.
• 31:27
  Yeah.
• 31:28
  Once for, for having the chance, you know, to, to talk with you.
• 31:31
  Yeah.
• 31:32
  Thank you so much, uh, for your time.
• 31:34
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