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I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.

My career in racing started at a very young age in California.

The business model of racing is not a pretty one.

You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.

To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.

I never had any financial support or sponsors, and so I always had to, at every level, prove myself the hard way. I was five years in Japan before I got my debut at Le Mans. And I think this is a humble way to get through as a racing driver.

But my passion is racing cars. It's what I like to do in my off time.